RE: [cobalt-users] Spam blocking

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The main reason I do this is for legal reasons. As a hosting 
> company I have a duty to my customers to deliver their mail. 

You have a duty to fulfill whatever your contract stipulates.

> While I don't make any silly 100% guarantees, I do consider 
> this a duty I must aim to fulfil. If I were to decide what 
> mail a client gets or does not get then I could be breaching 
> my responsibilities and potentially subject to litigation.

No, you could not. Under US law you are protected for any actions you
take to block spam.

> It 
> would be like US Post opening up all your mail and deciding 
> which ones you want to get - naturally you would be pretty 
> pissed if that happened.

They do that every day.

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C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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