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Hi,

On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 12:23:14PM -0400, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> It's ignorant to presume that the ISPs have complete control over their 
> customer base.  They don't, they can't.   

Block outgoing SMTP unless they sign a contract that states that they will
pay $$$$$ if they SPAM...

They can.  They just do not want to.

[..]
> However, every once in a while you run into an ISP that appears not to care,
> and has made it very difficult to talk to a "real human" about any issues 
> or abuse
> (especially in an emergency like a DoS on a network).  Good example is 
> Earthlink.

UUnet US is one of the worst...

gert
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