IP: The age of new blacklisting is upon us (not related to homeland defense)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 09:50:08 -0500
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
> From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
>
>
> I'm going to be tarred and feathered for suggesting it, but sysadmins who 
> use blacklists without due care, due process, and notice to both sides of 
> email transactions may be liable for interfering in private 
> communications, and it may be appropriate to sue them based on the 
> inconvenience and risks they impose to the general communicating public. 
> These blacklist providers are unaccountable to anyone but 
> themselves,  they operate in dark rooms, and they have no shame whatsoever.
>
> I don't like the spam at all, but mucking up the low level mail transport 
> system with unaccountable intervenors is like trusting Afghan warlords to 
> keep the peace.
>
> - David

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