Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04926.html --- To: declanat_private, gnuat_private Subject: Re: FC: Thanks for your help! Comcast unblocks mail from The Well Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 00:57:36 -0700 From: John Gilmore <gnuat_private> Declan said: > The Hippocratic Oath requires doctors to pledge not to use their skills to > harm others. Wouldn't it be wonderful if companies providing mail service > voluntarily pledged to adhere to a similar set of principles for dealing > with spam? ("I pledge not to blacklist entire Internet service providers." After years of divisive discussions, a very similar pledge/oath/policy was what EFF was able to come to agreement on: "Any measure for stopping spam must ensure that all non-spam messages reach their intended recipients." Perhaps none of us has yet come up with a silver bullet to solve the problem of spam -- but it IS within our power to solve the problem of overzealous anti-spam measures. John Gilmore Electronic Frontier Foundation PS: Isn't it amazing that there is even anyone who argues that Internet providers should NOT be delivering ordinary email, like personal or business messages, to their customers? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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