From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 09:54:18 +0800
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: SIGH Kent clueless again(was Re: spam is a good thing (was Re: Spam IS Free Speech)) (fwd)
Message-ID: <199705240107.UAA21651@einstein.ssz.com>
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> From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
> Date: Fri, 23 May 97 08:29:59 -0500

> No not at all. Just because I am connected to the network I am under no
> obligation to accept a single bit. I don't have to ever download any mail
> or I can download all or I can pick and choose what I accept or what I
> don't.

Exactly,

This is the whole point of a firewall after all. Simply connecting your
cable to a publicly accessible source implies no more than having your
driveway end in a public street. It is NOT an open invitation to stroll
through your living room.

> Obviously you have not ever entered into contract agreements with an
> accesses provider. There is no obligation on my part to receive a single
> bit. If I never run a sendmail daemon then I will never receive a single
> e-mail message regardless of how many are aimed at my servers. This is the
> same with any TCP/IP service. The only obligation I have with my upstream
> provider is to pay my bill. If I choose to bounce everything that is
> routed from Spamford it is my right to do so as it is *MY* equipment. 

This is certainly the exact case between myself and my provider for SSZ.


                                                 Jim Choate
                                                 CyberTects
                                                 ravage@ssz.com