:) i find this kind of thing very therapudic. on the same equivilance of telling the evening news on TV how full of crap the politians are (that's true the world over). perhaps this was an experiment come from Dr Electron's psycology 'expertise'. muaaaaahahahahahah
-----Original Message----- From: Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:52 AM To: Spam Assassin Talk Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Anti-SA article: "ISP Assassin" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Cline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Spam Assassin Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 9:48 AM > Subject: [SAtalk] Anti-SA article: "ISP Assassin" > > http://www.angelfire.com/space/netcensus/ispassassin.html > > Hmmm... The article claims that SA itself generates spam, since it inserts > an "ad" for SA into messages it tags for spam (though I fail to see how a > link to http://spamassassin.org/tag/ could be considered an ad). It > considers rule descriptions like "Uses words and phrases which indicate > porn" to be defimation, which could get ISPs and SA developers sued. And > it considers that altering email messages is likely a crime, similar to > tampering with postal mail. The man is nothing more than a disgruntled researcher whose medical article contained spam-phrases, and now fancies himself on the trail of something as big as Watergate. I started losing him, right about here: "Although not yet observed by the author, programs like SpamAssassin may also block or reject user email, further violating user communications." Clearly showing his ignorance: SpamAssassin itself does not block or reject email. Besides, Mr. big-shot researcher, on my server I get to reject mail from whoever I darn well please. In fact, should you ever have the misguided impulse to try and bypass those blocks, then it will be my turn to "pick up some easy cash" from you! And he sure wrapped his lips around the legalese, but it is all bull too. He even raised it to the level of lunacy, when he blabbed this non-sense in his pseudo-disclaimer: "It is illegal in most countries to eavesdrop on private mail or private telecommunications. It is illegal even for law enforcement agencies to eavesdrop on private mail or private telecommunications, except in cases where a court has issued a specific order for a specific time period signed by a judge. There may be severe penalties for users of SpamAssassin, since it violates these laws." Yeah, you know what? Let us sue the Sendmail Consortium too; because, after all, sendmail "examines" private email too, and not just the headers. :) And all without a Court order! :) What a loser. - Mark ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
