This kind of information would look good on our web site. On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
> Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > By the way, I return an error message rather than simply delaying the > > connection until it times out because under the Electronic Communications > > and Privacy Act it is unlawful to intercept electronic mail without an > > indication to the sender. > > From: Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > How would this apply to kernel firewalling (leaving aside that I live > > in NZ)? Would reject be OK and deny not? > > An immediate reject would be fine. The most important thing (to a U.S. user) > is to inform _all_ users that you do not guarantee reliable delivery of > e-mail and that you do not guarantee that nobody will read their e-mail. > You might even want to put this in your /etc/motd. > This will remove some of your liability under the ECPA. However, even once > you have done that, you can go to jail for intercepting the e-mail of one > of your users and preventing it from being delivered without informing the > other party. Most writers of anti-spam software are blissfully ignorant of > this. Thus, do not cause it to time out in the message queue. Return an > SMTP error immediately, so that the other party is informed of non-delivery. > > Bruce > -- > Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? > Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html > Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > ------------------------------ > -- "Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace" -Albert Schweitzer Richard G. Roberto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
