From: ISP_Ratings <boursy@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 17:11:17 -0800 (PST)
To: freedom-knights@jetcafe.org
Subject: Re: WANTED: Tolerant, anonymity-friendly news admins
Message-ID: <199702070111.RAA04676@toad.com>
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lcs Remailer Administrator wrote:
> 
> Because of recent attacks on the remailer network and mail2news
> gateways, I may loose access to at least one of the news servers I
> currently feed news to from my mail2news gateway.
> 
> If you are a news administrator, believe in free speech and anonymity,
> and you would like to help the cause, please consider giving transfer
> (aka "IHAVE" or "hosts.nntp") privileges to this machine.  You will
> not be the only server, and so do not need to worry about being the
> point of entrance of mail2news articles to Usenet.
> 
> Please contact me if you can help.  Thank you.
> 
> For those who oppose the existence of mail2news gateways, you should
> know that we are taking steps to limit the abuse.  However, doing so
> without in any way limiting articles that abide by the usage policy is
> tricky, and must be done carefully.  Please be patient.


  I'm writing from the Freedom Knights list but am in no way
representing them.
  
  What exactly do you mean by 'taking steps to limit the abuse'?  
Personally I think much of what is called abuse is nonsense and
that all posts, with the exception of cancels/NoCems should be
propogated regardless of content (including what is currently
referred to as spam).

  Also--could you forward to the Freedom Knights list a copy of
your 'usage policy' and impressions on the Freedom Knights two
FAQs.

  Thanks,

  Steve