Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 18:31:21 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: rich@oester.com (G.R.Gircys) Cc: terry@lambert.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SPAM - Can we make it stop! Message-ID: <199605240131.SAA08964@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <31A50FEF.6306@oester.com> from "G.R.Gircys" at May 23, 96 06:25:03 pm
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> i have had it. spamming must stop. it is cyberwar. this is the value i place > on my cyberrights and unless we fight, slowly we will lose them. We have already lost them. The CDA removes common carrier status for store-and-forward distribution systems. That means if someone posted something "patently offensive" (and you though patenting sotfware was bad 8-)) to the list and it could be looked up on the www page, or to netnews and you saw it while using someon's server, the person running the www or news server could be held liable under the CDA. This was probably done to prevent a "cyberwar" tactic like "blacknet" from being used, since it causes the server administrators to police their users (the government doesn't want to do it; they know it's not technically feasible to do). Someone suggested PGP keys for posters for verification-based posting acccess to the lists. I would be willing to consider using PGP keys if they are ever transparently integrated in all the useful programs, like "elm" and "Netscape". No, "metamail" is not transparently integrated in "elm"... it;s OK for the occasional annoying MIME message, but it sucks too badly for every message to have to use it. In any case, the SPAM did not come from this list; if you wish to discuss this further in a public FreeBSD forum, I suggest we move it to "chat". Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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