At 01:27 PM 12/4/2001 -0800, William X Walsh wrote:
> > As for not letting your ISP make your decisions. That is why they make
> > chocolate and vanilla. You can use whatever ISP you desire.
>
>I don't agree here. ISPs should not be interfering with
>communications at all. And you could find yourself on the wrong end
>of a lawsuit if your filtering causes a damage to a business
>transaction of some kind (including a domain renewal).
I work at an ISP, and I handle a lot of complaints if the rep that takes
the call can't handle it. You might be amazed at how many people want
(demand) that we filter their mail, even at the potential risk of losing
legitimate messages. It's an extremely common request from end users.
-- The nice thing about standards, there is enough for everyone to have their own.
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