Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?

Sun Oct 28 23:01:04 UTC 2001

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Vixie said:
> That way lies madness.  Senders have no such rights, and the
> determination of a message's legitimacy lies with recipients (and
> perhaps infrastructure owners) NOT senders.

How is the recipient of a message that has been blocked before he sees it to
decide whether it was legitimate?

Since most of what MAPS is about is reducing complaints from customers to
their ISP, and thereby reducing support costs, I guess the question is
answered.  If no one complains, there is no problem.  Since no one can
complain about unseen messages, that means that collateral damage is not
really a problem, since it does not increase support costs.

> A sender's rights are
> determined by their contract with their ISP, and an ISP's rights
> are determined by their contracts with their peers and transit
> providers.

And with their customers, who are the ones that are sending and receiving
all
this email in the first place.

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"The avalanche has already begun.  It is too late for the pebbles to vote" -
Kosh

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