On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Andy Pitts wrote:
I don't know about the "huge players", but we're an Internet Service Provider, not an Internet Blockage Provider. We don't allow spoofing, and we don't allow relaying, but we're not about to put filters to prevent dialup customers from connecting wherever they want.
I too, am a small Internet Service Provider, and I too, don't want to block sites that my users may want to access. But there seems to be a few domains that do nothing but generate spam. Am I not providing a service to my users if I prevent them from being smothered with spam from those sites?
Of course. If it's your mail server you can decide what sites it will accept mail from. But will you also use router access lists to prevent your users from connecting to wherever and whatever they want? Two separate issues. Bill