1995-01-19 - Re: UUNET Customer Liaison: USENET “netiquette” Reminder

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From: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <9501192040.AA27218@sulphur.osf.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-01-19 20:47:08 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 19 Jan 95 12:47:08 PST

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From: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 95 12:47:08 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: UUNET Customer Liaison: USENET "netiquette" Reminder
Message-ID: <9501192040.AA27218@sulphur.osf.org>
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> It would appear that UUNET does not consider themselves to be a common
> carrier any more -- they now claim the right to cut sites off for
> violating netiquette.

Strange.

First, they were never a common carrier:  they went to some legal pains
to get registered as an enhanced service provider.  I don't know what
the differences are, but when the first "Internet Porn" article by Joe
Abernathy appeared years ago, Rick wasn't worried.  He told me ESP was
better then CC, but I don't remember why (perhaps it was no FCC regulation?)

It's unclear how this new policy affects their ESP status.
	/r$






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