From: Stephen Sprunk [mailto:stephen@sprunk.org] [..] Common carrier status exists for this very reason. Unfortunately, it probably means we'll have to stop filtering things like spam and DoS, since filtering on content inherently violates common carrier protection -- see the smut suit against AOL a few years ago.
Come on, don't go lumping DoS and smut into the same basket. You can't be possibly serious about considering the two to be equals. In other words, you reasoning is quite flawed the way I see it, and blocking DoS is indeed legitimate and legally supportable. Excesses are rarely protected by any legal statutes. Thanks, Christian ***** "The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers."