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- the service provider must have a written and enforcable policy prohibiting any of its customers from sending any traffic to recipients that have not requested the traffic -- including (but not limited to) the sending of off-topic or unsolicited mail messages to mailing list exploders, subsets of mailing list registrants, news groups, and posters to news groups (termed "mail spamming"). The requirement for a response to any such unsolicited message to prevent future messages is unacceptable.

Um, wouldn't this very message I'm typing right this second be prohibited under the sort of policy you suggest? Is that really what you want to do?

-- John B.

I would like to se such an agreement for the use of my telephone... --Peter