From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Apr 20 14:13:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA17212 for isp-outgoing; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:13:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pinky.junction.net (pinky.junction.net [199.166.227.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA17202 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:13:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sidhe.memra.com (sidhe.memra.com [199.166.227.105]) by pinky.junction.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA11651 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:13:10 -0700 Received: from localhost (michael@localhost) by sidhe.memra.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA16867 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:08:15 -0700 Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:08:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Dillon To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: News... In-Reply-To: <199704201917.PAA20332@crh.cl.msu.edu> Message-ID: Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Charles Henrich wrote: > Hell, a very large percentage of ISP customers are using it for pornography. > Sex sells, always has, always will. The news statistics SHOW it, what, in the > top 100 read newsgroups 90% are alt.binaries.* related. If you dont carry > those groups, you lose/dont get customers, period. But the percentage of customers who look at USENET is small and dropping. And if you don't clean up illegal material from your newsservers, OCAF and others are planning to put you in jail. Would you rather lose 10% of your customers or would you rather lose your freedom *AND* your business? Your choice. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com