Re: Restricting the list

Robert Moskowitz <rgm3@is.chrysler.com> Thu, 08 February 1996 12:24 UTC

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From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm3@is.chrysler.com>
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Subject: Re: Restricting the list
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At 10:05 AM 2/6/96 -0500, Jay wrote:
>This raises the question.. is there already an IETF group thinking abouut
>the general problems/solutions of commercial mailings?  If not, should
>there be?  It's becoming a major issue for the online services, and I
>assume for the ISPs and listserv owners as well.  You can't assume that
>they're being sent from a known account anymore, so the simple threat of
>punishment isn't enough.. 
>
>I don't want to take this thread too off-topic, but it's a subject of
>great interest to me.

Jay, do you follow com-priv?  There your company is accused of encouraging
spams, as you benefit in the turn of $5k per typical spam in connect costs
for your users.

There is a draft by John Myers for an ESMTP AUTH command to help control
this....

Robert Moskowitz
Chrysler Corporation
(810) 758-8212