From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Apr 18 20:05:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA22389 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 20:05:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.webspan.net (mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA22383 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 20:05:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970116) with ESMTP id XAA23979; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 23:04:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (WEBSPN/970116) with ESMTP id XAA15922; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 23:04:18 -0400 (EDT) To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Binaries in Usenet (was: News...) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:04:30 CDT." <3.0.32.19970417220430.00ba8d44@mixcom.com> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 23:04:17 -0400 Message-ID: <15920.861419057@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Jeffrey J. Mountin" wrote in message ID <3.0.32.19970417220430.00ba8d44@mixcom.com>: > Arg, putting the blame on the ISP is ludicrous, as think of how much > time it would take to check all web and ftp sites, as well as news. > After doing a find for graphic and compressed files, they would have > to be examined. Messages posted to news (assuming we would be > responsible for just our customers postings) would have to be > checked. etc, etc NOT! I think their point is that you must take `reasonable steps' to ensure that your service is legal. Such as not carrying the kiddie porn groups. > Ouch! That is a lot of trash to take out. Lucky we have this thing called `expire' *grin* Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info