This posting, may perhaps not be a nanog charter violation, though the thread is highly borderline. Please don't shoot me. Ravi described a packet filter, not monitoring or intercept. Blocking traffic doesn't constitute unauthorized examination, intercept, or access of email. You are welcome to attempt to establish otherwise in a court case, Dean, but your interpretation appears completely inconsistent with existing case law, attorneys interpretations, and the intent of the statute. Again. -george william herbert gherbert@crl.com I don't work for CRL, speak for it, or anything else.