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Subject: Re: large ISPs blocking mailing lists
From: "John R Levine" <johnl @ iecc . com>
Date: 17 May 2002 20:06:13 -0400
To: "Sharon Tucci" <Sharon @ listhost . net>
Cc: "list-managers @ greatcircle . com" <list-managers @ greatcircle . com>
In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.0.20020517035804.029bb8d0@listhost.net>

> Can you say there is no conflict of interest when possibly the
> largest ISP worldwide is under the same ownership as a major news
> network AND this ISP is restricting mail delivery that its subscribers
> have ASKED to receive?

That would require a level of sophistication and coordination that far
exceeds anything I've seen at AOL, even though their postmaster staff is
quite sophisticated.

They're up to their eyeballs trying to keep the porn, viagra, and
obvious financial fraud out of their users mailboxes.  I'd be surprised if
1% of them could even tell you the names of a dozen magazines their
corporate parent publishes.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.




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