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Re: SMTP Minimum Retry Period - Proposal To Modify Mx

2004-01-10 18:05:44
Mike S wrote:
        [..]
The change interferes with the delivery of email to a "protected
computer," i.e. the computer of the person to whom the email is sent.
The ISP's mail exchanger is simply an intermediary.

You have no right, without a contract, to *demand* transit service from
any ISP's mail exchanger. If you *have* a contract then read the fineprint 
carefully.
You probably delegated to your ISP the right to accept/reject SMTP connections 
carrying
emails nominally heading to your address/mailbox.

        [..]
The MAPS system does not, and cannot, distinguish between spam email
and legitimate, addressee desired email.

True, but irrelevant to the question of who is authorized to protect what 
machines.

cheers,
gja
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Grenville Armitage
http://caia.swin.edu.au
I come from a LAN downunder.



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