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Subject: Re: On hub.freebsd.org refusing to talk to dialups 
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> > If _we_ don't start to do something about it, big brother _is_ going
> > to do something about it.  Trust me on this one, being a member of the
> > USPA I know that we are far better off implementing our own (as ISP's)
> > set of safe gaurds that help eliminate certain undesirable behavior.
> [.....]
> 
> I think it's up to the ISP what default policies they have, and I 
> also think that this sort of policy is a good default... but only as 
> long as the ISP allows exceptions.  As a paying subscriber with a 
> clean record I *must* be allowed to ask for a hole through your 
> firewall.

Sure, as long as you can prove your email server is not an open relay.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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