Eric S. Johansson wrote: > The stand that mail servers are private property is what I call a > libertarian illusion. I think it's about as much of an illusion as the Apollo moonwalks. > If you take the stance that contact points (telephone, house door, > mailbox, mail server) are private property and nobody can contact you > without your permission, then you will lose the advantage of anonymous > contact. And if you don't think there's any advantage, think about > cards, letters, phone calls, visits from people that know someone that > you know or you have forgotten about. I take the stance that my contact points are just that: _MY_ contact points. At work my office has a receiptionist who can: 1) screen phone calls, 2) screen visitors, 3) screen mail. At work we also have a mail server that can screen email. Both the mail server and the receiptionist interpret a completely (within reason) customizable policy, whether it be organizatonal, departmental or personal. Even though my contact points are filtered I can (and do) receive contacts that I didn't pre-authorized. If your ISP filters email you want, complain. If they don't listen, get a new ISP. Don't institute an email 'Bill of Rights', until there is no other way to avoid abuses. -Dave -- GNU GPL: "The source will be with you... always."