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In article <363a533a.174676272@solvangpastries.com>, 
bergman@solvangpastries.com confounded himself with...
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>On 29 Oct 1998 04:02:27 GMT, ccaputo@tofu.alt.net (Chris Caputo) 
wrote:
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>(crossposted to a troll group)
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>)The following was just posted to http://www.altopia.com/polfaq.htm:
>)
>)Q: What is your policy on cross-posting? (NEW as of 10/28/98)
>)
>)A: We expect customers to be responsible when they cross-post. 
>)   Cross-posting ability is not to be used by customers for the 
purpose of
>)   "trolling" or "cascading" or other forms of abuse. We may disable 
the
>)   cross-posting ability of a customer if we believe they are
>)   cross-posting irresponsibly. 
>
>I don't like this at all.  Trolling is a time honored usenet 
tradition.
>Cascades are a form of Usenet Performance Art.  This policy
>is both stricter than almost all ISPs and restricts creativity.
>
>Network abuse on the other hand should be against the rules.
>When I was a  Zippo customer, the policy was no crossposts
>to more than 15 groups.  This is an objective measure which
>could be administered fairly and objectively.  The policy as it
>stands relies upon undefined subjective criteria which places
>Altopia in the position of having administrative decisions
>subject to second guessing because no objective criteria
>is established.
>
>I would suggest that if a crossposting policy is deemed
>to be necessary that it be a limit on the number of
>newsgroups.  The new policy is in direct opposition
>to traditional Altopia policies supporting free speech; it
>defines abuse by content of messages.  
>
>Please reverse this new policy.  It is wrong.
>

Since Chris Caputo is rapidly showing himself to be the newbie that he 
is, maybe we should help him out by giving him some guidance on what 
actually constitutes "irresponsible" crossposting. He does appear to be 
having such difficulty defining the term:


http://www.ews.uiuc.edu/~tskirvin/faqs/spam.html



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