ISP wants to stop outgoing web based spam

Thu Aug 10 06:05:51 UTC 2006

On 8/10/06, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > The MAAWG bcps, for example, state that ISPs must take responsiblity
> > for mitigating outbound spam and abuse.
>
> The RIAA, for example, states that ISPs must take responsibility for
> mitigating copyright infringement by its users.

Oh - but maawg (http://www.maawg.org) is a group of ISPs themselves
(AOL, comcast, charter, france telecom, Hotmail, us ..)

> Lots of groups state that ISPs must take responsibility for lots of
> things.

Lots of ISPs together stated that ISPs must take responsibility for a
few things.

Small, but significant difference there, dont you think?

srs