FWIW, the University of Minnesota also, by default, blocks all email which
originates from dynamic IP addresses. This behavior can be changed on a
per-user basis. We've had little to no complaints and a lot of support for
this.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 10:53:56PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 08:01:53PM -0400,
asrg(_at_)bobf(_dot_)frankston(_dot_)com wrote
If AOL chooses to fight the Internet then I feel I have a
responsibility to limit the damage they do.
AOL is fighting off a billion-plus spams per day. A lot of it comes
from hijacked home machines. What gives you the right to demand that
AOL clients "eat their spam" ?
If you choose to make it hard for me to send mail to you and you want
mail from me then it's in your interest for me have the incentive
to cater to your rules.
You are setting a price for accepting your email. In order to accept
your email, I would have to accept email from any and all valid and
routable IP addresses on the internet. Upon consulting my reject logs,
I come to the conclusion that your price is too high.
I've seen your home page. It's fine and dandy that *YOU* have been
using the internet (and its predecessor) for a third of a century. At
the risk of being labelled elitist, let me point out that the vast
majority of end-users on 24X7 brodband connections don't have a clue
about how to secure their PC against compromise, are probably still
trying to find the {ANY} key, and have no business running on such a
connection. That doesn't mean they're idiots, it simply means they lack
specific technical knowledge. I don't know how to fly a Cessna. That
doesn't mean I'm an idiot, it simply means that I lack specific
technical knowledge.
Another thing to remember is that this is not your father's internet.
A third of a century ago, DARPANET users were mostly white middle and
upper class males, either military researchers, or civilians doing
research under contract for the military. They all had security
clearances, and were paid at such a level as not to require secondary
income from Make-Money-Fast, Penis-Pills, Viagra, and other such sales.
Today, almost anybody can connect to the internet. This includes
ruthless criminal gangs who hijack the home computers of clueless
newbies in order to pour out spam for Make-Money-Fast, Penis-Pills,
Viagra, and other such garbage. The sad reality is that the internet is
a lot uglier today than when you first started on it, especially the
email that comes to you from dynamic IP addresses. Hiding your head in
the sand won't work.
--
Walter Dnes <waltdnes(_at_)waltdnes(_dot_)org>
Email users are divided into two classes;
1) Those who have effective spam-blocking
2) Those who wish they did
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