fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have a customer on our system (we're local ISP) that fancies himself > quite the political spinmeister. He absolutely inundates people with > his (what I call) SPAM email. We have received numerous complaints > about this guy from all over the US (mostly colleges that he targets) > requesting that this guy be shut down. He even "attacked" me one day > not knowing who I was and told me that he would sue us if we tried to > take his email privileges away and gave me a link to some government > site with various documents on what "is" email spam and what is "not" > email spam. Apparently (I read all of the docs) when the lawmakers > created this anti-spam law they removed the label "spam" from anything > that is political in nature (so they could use it themselves and be > above the law). It would appear that this guy has me beaten but I > just can't stand to sit back and watch this guy annoy other domains > the way that he does. Does anyone else out there have any > "knowledge" or insight on this issue or can give me a link to some > good resources? I have already scoured the ".gov" sites and it > doesn't look good. thanks, > Doug Most ISPs have an Authorised Use Policy which permits you to terminate or otherwise discipline a customer when they send what *you* say is spam, not what the gov't says is spam. Additionally, there are "creating a nuisance" clauses, etc. Unless your equipment/ISP is owned by a government agency or utility, you are under no obligation to carry their traffic or do business with them. -Don
