Subject: Re: Spam Profits and Problems From: Milwnews@aol.com Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 21:52:45 -0400

In a message dated 96-09-24 18:26:51 EDT, gordy@nytimes.com (Gordy Thompson)
writes:

<< >> The four servers, in Pennsylvania and an unnamed location in Virginia,
 >
 >Shouldn't be too hard to do a hop check and find out the 
 >exact connection -- thereby learning what ISP is *not* deserving 
 >of any business we might have to offer.
 
         It's Sprint, who should be ashamed of themselves.
  >>
Of course they should, but it is an interesting double whammy for IPs, who
one the one hand want to be regarded by indecency laws as simply carriers not
responsible for content and yet have a deeper problem with the Internet
community by being a host for the spam king.  Of course, if Sprint wants out,
wonder if the folks at Panix would take em? :-)

Dominique Paul Noth
Milwnews@aol.com
Dom's Domain: Media Sites and Strategies
Web address:  http://www.arcfile.com/dom/
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