On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Marco Colombo wrote:
> 2) On the other side, you don't put people in jail just because
> they CAN DO something illegal. That's a fascist idea: you have to
> prove yourself innocent if you want to be let alone.
> Mail exchangers are not persons. But there are persons behind
> them, and by blocking MXes you hit on their job. Following the
> same rule, you should not block open relays just because they can
> be used by spammers.
Compare it to punishing employers for a dangerous
situation at work. You don't (and should not) wait
with inspection of workspace safety until after an
accident has happened.
Of course there are people who might disagree with
this, they are free to do whatever they want with
their mailserver and I won't argue for or against
that ... after all, it's their server.
regards,
Rik
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