Re: AOL Charged With Blocking Opponents' e-Mail

["Andre Ludwig" <andre.ludwig () gmail com>]

¿que?

Dre

On 4/14/06, Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
> Well this is certainly full of crap. Didn't John Dillinger rob banks? How do
> we know that Goodmail won't rob banks too?
>
> Larry Seltzer
> eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> http://security.eweek.com/
> http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/
> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> larryseltzer () ziffdavis com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre Ludwig [mailto:andre.ludwig () gmail com]
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:58 AM
> To: Larry Seltzer
> Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: Re: [funsec] AOL Charged With Blocking Opponents' e-Mail
>
> Werent there specific requirements to sign up to get an account at certain
> data clearing houses as well?
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=choicepoint+fake+company&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=
> utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
>
> Dre
>
> On 4/14/06, Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
> > You obviously haven't read how the system works. There are very
> > specific requirements for qualifying for the certification. You can't
> > just send in your check and get certified.
> >
> > Larry Seltzer
> > eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> > http://security.eweek.com/
> > http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/
> > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> > larryseltzer () ziffdavis com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com [mailto:Blanchard_Michael () emc com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 9:46 AM
> > To: larry () larryseltzer com; fergdawg () netzero net; funsec () linuxbox org
> > Subject: RE: [funsec] AOL Charged With Blocking Opponents' e-Mail
> >
> >  but what if the consumer doesn't want ANY advertisement e-mail, even
> > from those companies that have paid the toll to go through?  Maybe
> > that's why I don't have an AOL email address that I use :-)
> >
> >
> > Hmmmm, if I was a spammer I'd be all for this system, heck I'd be very
> > happy to pay AOL to allow my spam to go through onto AOL's email users
> unfiltered.
> > The few thousand that they charge is sure to be a drop in the bucket
> > compared to the potential revenue....
> >
> >
> > Michael P. Blanchard
> > Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of
> > Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr.
> > Westboro, MA 01580
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> > On Behalf Of Larry Seltzer
> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 7:37 PM
> > To: 'Fergie'; funsec () linuxbox org
> > Subject: RE: [funsec] AOL Charged With Blocking Opponents' e-Mail
> >
> > Ironically, this is just more evidence of the value of Goodmail. False
> > positives are inevitable in a mail system the size and complexity of
> AOL's.
> > Goodmail allows demonstrably reliable organizations to bypass the
> > filtering operations which cause them.
> >
> > Larry Seltzer
> > eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> > http://security.eweek.com/
> > http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/
> > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> > larryseltzer () ziffdavis com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> > On Behalf Of Fergie
> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:48 PM
> > To: funsec () linuxbox org
> > Subject: [funsec] AOL Charged With Blocking Opponents' e-Mail
> >
> > Via C|Net News.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > America Online on Thursday apparently began blocking subscribers from
> > sending or receiving e-mail containing the Web address of a petition
> > against the company's upcoming certified-mail program.
> >
> > The Internet service provider, which has roughly 20 million
> > subscribers in the United States, began bouncing e-mail communications
> > with the URL "Dearaol.com" sometime early Thursday, according to nonprofit
> MoveOn.org.
> > A e-mail sent by CNET News.com to an AOL.com address and containing
> > the URL "www.dearaol.com" bounced back on Thursday afternoon with a
> > system administrator note that read: "The e-mail system was unable to
> > deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason."
> >
> > Dearaol.com is a coalition of companies and individuals against AOL's
> > adoption of GoodMail's CertifiedEmail, an antispam program that
> > requires marketers to pay to ensure delivery of their e-mail messages
> > and circumvent spam filters. The Web site contains an open letter and
> > a petition that calls on people to protest what it calls an "e-mail
> > tax" that would inhibit the Internet's inherent free flow of information
> and create a two-tiered system.
> > [snip]
> >
> > More:
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6061089.html
> >
> > - ferg
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> >  Engineering Architecture for the Internet  fergdawg () netzero net or
> > fergdawg () sbcglobal net  ferg's tech blog:
> > http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
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