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bruce@ais.com (Bruce C. Wright) writes:

>> Well since Clemson is in Alabama and only serves as the MX backup to 
>> Emory, one can safely assume they said nothing.  I have a pretty good
>> idea what was said from Emory too.

>Last I checked the orange tiger paws on the road to Death Valley (the
>Clemson football stadium) still led to Clemson, South Carolina.  8-)

Clemson, Crimson... Close :-)  Was that freud or what???

>Do people really expect that the administrators at all these sites
>are going to inspect all the e-mail that's going through their site
>to see if it meets the network guidelines?  I don't think this is
>reasonable 

I don't think it is reasonably possible either.  The solution, of course,
is to either get rid of silly AUPs or don't interconnect with networks
more liberal than yours.  The whole problem arises, of course, when 
someone, usually with a .uk in the name, whines that the rest of the 
world must conform to their view of network behavior.  It's like the old
story about the mother watching her bumbling son in the parade and
saying "I wonder why everyone else is out of step?"

>I'm not happy with the ethics that are implied by making this sort of
>inspection routine at large numbers of sites, to say nothing of the
>cost in lost time and productivity.  Is this really what people want?

No, it is simply that a number of people feel compelled to try and tell
others what to do.  It is the same compulsion that on a governmental level
results in stupid laws.  Fortunately there is no practical enforcement 
mechanism on the net whereby someone can play "boss".

John

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