Re: [cobalt-users] AITCOM.net and Spam

["LinuxMan" <linuxman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Typical of AIT - They say they will so something, but won't. Politicians
have a better reputations on keeping their word and doing things on a timely
manner.

Is anyone getting the impression that I vehemently distrust AIT?



----- Original Message -----
From: Chip <chip@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 4:49 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] AITCOM.net and Spam


> Just a quick followup to Dan's post about AIT.
>
> I forwarded the post to Kevin Hagus, who, from my understanding, is #2 at
> AIT under Clarence Briggs, who owns the place.  He responded almost
> immediately (at 130AM!!) and said that he had just been made aware of the
> situation by the manager on duty.  Apparently only he and Clarence can
> delete accounts for TOS violations.  He did promise to take action... but
I
> notice the site is still up.
>
> So... maybe Dan was correct, but my own experience is that AIT has been
> pretty vehement in their dislike of SPAM.  OTOH, most TOS probably don't
> specifically ban the sale of materials *used* for spamming, but instead
> only ban the act of spamming  (or receiving mail/website hits as a result
> of spam), so these folks may, in fact, not be in violation of the TOS.
>
> It would be interesting to see the language of the tier-1 providers. At
> some point I may have to take a few minutes and dig this out just for my
> own enlightenment.
>
>
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