The host of this list has indicated this discussion is off-topic. Unless a less anal-retentive interpretation of "technical and engineering" is encouraged I'd say the following article by Nathan Stratton is probably to be regarded as "off-topic". Nathan raves:
Are you on a C64, or do you just like 40 char on a line? Why don't you do us all a favor and upgrade. It will not bother me anymore because you made it to MY blackhole list in procmail.
I still do not understand how you can say that as a ISP I dont have the right to deny my users whatever I want. If I want to be a ISP and not provide access to UUNet I can do that. I may not keep a lot of customers, but I am not infringing on anyones rights. They can always get a new provider. If your website is associated with spam and you get blackholed then you can deal with the problem or not reach users who chose to stay with ISPs that subscribe to the RBL.
Bob Allisat Free Community Network _ bob@fcn.net . http://fcn.net http://fcn.net/allisat _ http://fcn.net/draft