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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:46:37 +1100
From: Skeeve Stevens To: Marc-Adrian Napoli, Aussie ISP List Message-Id: <20060330034638.6BA67139CE@nonsequitur.eintellego.net> In-Reply-To: <442B324A.20800@cia.com.au> Subject: RE: [Oz-ISP] Spam code? |
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It is an utter joke and in my opinion totally politically motivated. We know SPAM services are doing good work, but you can't block everything.. Sometimes it takes time for a spam facility to learn that something is actually spam. What's going to happen if some spam gets past the service? Will users be able to log complaints with the ACMA and then the ISP gets fined? That is crazy talk. What happens if everyone gets scared of this code and turns up the sensitivity of their spam facilities and then legitimate email starts to be regularly blocked... Then people will start to complain that we're intercepting real email... Just because the guy talked about Viagra in an email to his wife... Seriously... There is no way that this can work. As part of the code the ACMA would need to specify a level of service and clearly define 'best effort'. I would also like to understand what their definition of Mail Provider is... As in, is every company required to implement this? Is anyone who hosts email for more than one domain? Is it bound the company or the location of the mail service? Can we move our mail servers to colo's in the US? Does it mean Google and Hotmail are bound by it? My Gmail account gets about 50 spam a day in which 5-10 get through the Gmail spam facility... Does this mean they are liable for up to $10mill? The government could easily set up a company, throw a couple of million at it, and provide a free spam product to all Australians and maintain a blacklist of bad/naughty stuff.... And people who wanted to use it, can and those that don't want to, don't have to... Why wouldn't they just do this? Or award the contract to some other company. ...Skeeve -----Original Message----- From: m a j o r d o m o - o w n e r @ k o a l a . a u s s i e . n e t [m a i l t o : m a j o r d o m o - o w n e r @ k o a l a . a u s s i e . n e t On Behalf Of Marc-Adrian Napoli Sent: Thursday, 30 March 2006 12:20 PM To: Aussie ISP List Subject: [Oz-ISP] Spam code? http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/spam-code-a-worlds-first/2006/03/28/1143 441140324.html Is everyone serious about implementing these changes? -- Regards, Marc-Adrian Napoli ---- email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to m a j o r d o m o @ a u s s i e . n e t to be removed. ======================================================================== iBurst Wireless Broadband from $34.95/month www.platformnetworks.net Forward undetected SPAM to: s p a m @ m a i l s e c u r i t y . n e t . a u ======================================================================== ---- email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to m a j o r d o m o @ a u s s i e . n e t to be removed. |
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