Hi, On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 01:21:15PM -0600, wayne wrote: > > > > Hallam-Baker,> In this context whining on about the wishes of the > > Hallam-Baker,> sender is pointless. The entire point is that the > > Hallam-Baker,> sender has no rights in this matter. > > ... > > This has to be about rights because the only way for the Internet to > work is to understand that there are owners of machines, networks and > domains. Without signed contracts, those who are not owners have > no rights to tell these owners how to run their systems. Sorry, guys, but that's incorrect. You're putting the discussion on a wrong assumption. There are several countries were the sender has or can have rights by law or constitution. The sender's rights are not constituted by contracts only. E.g. in several countries suppressing e-mail can be considered as a crime under certain circumstances. E.g. in Germany illegal suppression of e-mail can be sentenced with up to five years of prision. There are also some special rules in business-to-business communication. regards Hadmut _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf