Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 22:07:41 +0200 From: Nils Vogels <nivo+freebsd-questions@yuckfou.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] ISP anti-spam Message-ID: <20020704200741.GL69958@amor.yuckfou.org> In-Reply-To: <208425312.1025768862@sauron> References: <200207040113.g641DFL87663@tierzero.apana.org.au> <208425312.1025768862@sauron>
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On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 07:47:42AM +0200, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > > --On jeudi 4 juillet 2002 10:48 +0930 Brian Astill > <bastill@sa.apana.org.au> wrote: > > > There seems to be a movement among ISPs to "help" us by applying > > spamassasin (or similar) to all mail they handle - IN or OUT. > > Is this an invasion of privacy? > > Is such behaviour dangerous, in suggesting to political control freaks > > that Internet Control is possible and desirable? > > Would it be MUCH better for all users to be encouraged to use spam > > filters, if they wish? > > > > What do people think on these and related issues? > > I surely prefer spam hi my inbox and delete it manually than loose mail. That is not the intention of spamassassin at all, spamassassin is a package which is meant to _ONLY MARK_ spam as being such and leaving it up to the end user what to do with it (user header/subject/whatever filters) My opinion is, that ISP's adding spam detection (and/or virus detection for that matter) are doing a good thing, as long as they leave the actual decision for deletion up to the end-user. Just my $.02 -- Nils Vogels PGP:0xC26BD15F Available on keyservers. S@H:4988WU/6.761yr --> setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu. Will you find aliens? My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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