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Re: **SPAM** Re: [cobalt-users] XBL listing

"William J.A. Brillinger" wrote:

> I have a client who is on dial up, he got a trojan and was sending well
> over 5000 messages per hour for 2 days before he found out. He was booted
> from his ISP

When I owned an ISP (sold my last one November of 2000) I would have
done the same thing.  Keeping the network viable and myself out of the
blacklists would be my first concern.

> and had to threaten to sue in order to get back in.

If he was in the U.S. this would NOT have helped, had there been a
reasonably well-written TOS.

I'd have let him back on to my service only after he paid my costs in
cleaning up the mess that came through HIS machine.  There IS such a
thing as responsibility.

> They
> should have at least contacted him to let him know there was a problem.

We do that.  AFTER we disconnect.  So does everyone else I know.  I bet
most of us on this list do the same.

Jeff
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