RE: [cobalt-users] suspended website/email forwarding

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Be very careful what you do with someone's email. If you do 
> anything 
> > except bounce it and basically hold their email hostage you may be 
> > sued. I can't find the recent case that was in the news about this.
> 
> I can't see on what grounds you could get sued for? If you 
> supply a service which hasnt been paid for and you keep and 
> refuse to forward mail, then they couldn't sue you for it.
> 
> If you dont pay your telephone bill and the telco stop 
> forwarding your calls, you cant sue them for it! you havnt 
> paid them for the service they offer.
> 
> Same with email, i would think? or am i wrong!
> 

As I said, if you do anything except bounce it, like allow the email to
your server and basically hold it hostage, you could be sued. The case
in the news involved an ISP that did that and someone missed a job
offer. If the email had bounced maybe the sender would have used some
other method of contact.
I believe California passed a law requiring 30 days notice.
-- 
Dan Kriwitsky

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