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List:       free-expression
Subject:    Re: ArtistForum.com Newletter 17-Jan-00
From:       Jason Thaxter <jason () thaxter ! net>
Date:       2000-01-18 20:29:28
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Quoting seanl@literati.org:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 10:23:26AM +0100, g'o'tz 
ohnesorge wrote:
>>Spam blockers are a sort of
>> cyber terrorists, and somebody called 

I consider spammers to be vandals.  I'm on a dozen 
active mailing lists and I get plenty of spam on my own 
without needing more "Home Busine$$ 
Opportunities!!!!!!!!"  The argument should refer to 
"vigilantes", not "terrorists".  Which might I be if I 
owned a guard dog to protect against vandals?  I use the 
MAPS RBL for my own mail, on my own server; I don't see 
how that makes me a terrorist *or* a vigilante.  

I agree with the final assessment that follows, with the  
note that I'd probably wait for truly offtopic mail 
and/or blatant non-compliance before taking any action:

>  However, if
> Lynn has already asked them to remove this list, then 
> it's still a
> violation of netiquette, and subscribing the list 
> server to a blackhole
> list is probably better than only allowing subscribers 
> to mail the list.
> At this point, the list traffic is low and I've only 
> seen one "spammy"
> message (besides mine), so it's probably not necessary 
to do either yet.
>
> -- 
> Sean R. Lynch <seanl@literati.org>         

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