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Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net
From: Paul Vixie <paul () vix com>
Date: 03 Feb 1999 09:18:18 -0800
phil () whistler intur net (Phil Howard) writes:
I don't want to ban spam. I think if two consenting adults wish to carry on a spamming relationship, that should be their choice, not mine nor the government's. What I do want to do is NOT SERVICE spam. I elect to offer a service to deliver NON-SPAM mail, because I believe there is more of a market in NON-SPAM mail than there is in either SPAM mail or a mix.
There's a slight definitions problem with this. The definition of "spam" in the e-mail context is "unwanted bulk or robotic messages." It makes no difference whether the unwanting is being done by the carrier or by the recipient. Anything that two consenting adults do together is by definition NOT "spam" because "spam" is "nonconsensual". Note that there are plenty of newsgroups and mailing lists where this thread could be relevant if expanded upon. I have therefore directed replies to myself personally. -- Paul Vixie <paul () vix com>
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- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Dan Hollis (Feb 01)
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- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Dean Robb (Feb 02)
- Monitoring, Flow Stats (Re: spam whore, norcal-systems) Jared Mauch (Feb 01)
- Re: Monitoring, Flow Stats (Re: spam whore, norcal-systems) Ravi Pina (Feb 01)
- Re: Monitoring, Flow Stats (Re: spam whore, norcal-systems) John Fraizer (Feb 02)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Rich Sena (Feb 03)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Phil Howard (Feb 03)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Paul Vixie (Feb 03)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Ravi Pina (Feb 02)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Christopher Neill (Feb 03)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net I Am Not An Isp (Feb 03)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Dan Hollis (Feb 03)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Ravi Pina (Feb 03)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Dean Robb (Feb 03)
- Re: spam whore, norcal-systems.net Dean Robb (Feb 03)