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in the case where the sender and receiver are communicating between one or many third parties, there is no direct relationship and thus no apriori terms of service to which the traffic must conform. for this, we reverse the model: "everything not welcomed is forbidden" and thus create a prior restraint problem which goes by the name "what, then, is implicitly welcome or unwelcome?"
And how does the owner communicate this to the sender ahead of time? I don't think you can, else there would not be a spam problem. Therefore, the only logical position the sender can take, if he is to act at all, is to assume that whatever is not actively prevented or refused, is welcome, until such time as he is notified otherwise. If it is not this way, how can ANY unsolicited communication take place? Must I ask permission to ask permission? - --- "The avalanche has already begun. It is too late for the pebbles to vote" - Kosh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBO9mUbEksS4VV8BvHEQJeQACfUpIpxRMDkZl/4CWpc/fUKF8wOFEAoKj2 1bhQXIg33MwAqB++ZOjlLr0r =6hu1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----