Re: [ALSC-Forum] Re: Another model to consider

[Thomas Roessler]

On 2001-08-21 22:33:57 -0700, Karl Auerbach wrote:

>But I suspect that the number of instances when one is truely out 
>of reach will be fairly small - the remedies can range from the 
>slap-on-the wrist of ejection from the at-large 

This will be a really repelling punishment for the average spammer. 
NOT!

>to something more stringent, such as revocation of a domain name 
>(such revocation mechanisms could be imposed via the ICANN chain 
>of contracts or a DNSO consensus policy.)

And this would hardly stand any test in court - it would be out of 
proportion.

>And there are other protective techniques - I've done various 
>mailings to rented mailing lists.  The owners of those lists are 
>very nervous about the lists being stolen.  So the mailing list is 
>almost never directly placed into my control.  Rather it is given 
>to a trusted third party who will handle it per my instructions as 
>long as those instructions are consistent with the limitations 
>imposed by the list owner.

How is that solution different from the one Esther proposed? 

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Thomas Roessler                        http://log.does-not-exist.org/