From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e5c972d04da95d51 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-17 20:13:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3E9D61C0.5070103@cogeco.ca> <3E9D8090.F86AF4EC@spam.no> <3E9D8625.4090308@cogeco.ca> <3E9D9642.2030303@cogeco.ca> <878yuae2uu.fsf@inf.enst.fr> <3E9EDB7B.2090901@cogeco.ca> Subject: Re: SPAM-less email (was If anybody wants to make something in Adabut X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:13:29 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.88.60.108 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1050635596 219.88.60.108 (Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:13:16 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:13:16 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36271 Date: 2003-04-18T15:13:29+12:00 List-Id: "Larry Kilgallen" wrote in message news:U$J6hEh5KA1v@eisner.encompasserve.org... > Certainly. If you choose to associate with spammers (in the DNSbl > comment I made just before my line above), you are already fighting > this battle every day. (By "choose to associate", I include staying > with an ISP who will not dump the spammers.) Sorry, I guess we've drifted quite a bit off-topic here. Let's try to get a little closer to the subject line [before the (was ...) part]. For example: your DNS comments were a bit above my head - I know what you are talking about but it would be a little hard to translate that into the everyday e-mail usage. How exactly did I choose to associate with spammers? Am I supposed to check the policies of each and every ISP provider I happen to use at the moment? And enforce their no-spam policy? [If you really think my current ISP provider is involved in aiding and abetting spamming activities - send me a signed affidavit stating so and I'll forward it to the relevant authorities :-) ] In case you have not noticed, my original point was exactly that it would be nice to have the situation changed so that everyone can post to an open address if they are willing to bet a dime or so on it. For any real bona-fide postings that should not be a problem. But that small charge should strongly discourage any automatic mass-mailer things.