Hello Greg, On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Greg A. Woods wrote:
Subject: Re: Netgate.net.nz/ORBS spam colusion I seriously doubt that publishing a list of known public-nuissances is genuinely illegal. Further, unless Dean has presented netgate with a court-order showing that the court has indeed found said activity to be illegal, I think they would be negligent in turning off said service. Society, at least our Western society, has a long history of publishing such lists, and indeed the police are often the ones doing the
[ On Saturday, January 8, 2000 at 08:14:30 (-0800), Owen DeLong wrote: ] publishing.
Maybe some of you more community minded Americans can convince your President Clinton that ORBS is indeed a service that the US Gov. should operate itself in its effort to make the Internet a safer place. I for one would -NOT- support the idea of the US Government getting involved in an area the -could- block any email traffic to my business . Say I (or one of my employee's) forgets to pay a tax, parking ticket, or somesuch other trivility . That government agency requests that my company be placed in the now Gov controlled ORBS ... Plus Look at the USG's track record folks ?-}
If ORBS is to remain a net tool/pest I for one vote to leave it in the hands of the people whom know what it is for & how to maintain its integrity best . Right where it is now . JimL +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | +----------------------------------------------------------------+