RE: Stealth Blocking

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

The original message never made that distinction.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn McMahon [mailto:smcmahon () eiv com]
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 4:30 AM
> To: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: Stealth Blocking
>
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 08:04:34PM -0400, Jason Slagle wrote:
> > And, as a business we wouldn't divert you.  This is only a 
> solution for
> > Resi accounts.
>
> You do realize, I assume, that if somebody thinks he's sending email
> directly to a certain server, and you divert it to another server,
> you're intercepting it under the terms of the Electronic 
> Communications
> Privacy Act of 1986?
>
> That's allowed if it's necessary to provide the service, but good luck
> winning on that argument with the plaintiffs trotting out 
> witnesses stating
> it's not necessary, just your choice.