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Old 11-11-2003, 01:12 AM
Jaques d'Alltrades
 
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Default Remind me why I wanted rain?

The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

/snip/

Just the legal costs of defending such an action could bankrupt some (if
not all) small ISPs though, which is why Zetnet for one wrote a killfile
into its software, but won't intercept it on the server.


And who on earth is going to do the suing or prosecuting? Which masochist
wants to make a laughing stock of him/herself?


It only needs a disaffected spammer to report that mail is being deleted
by a named ISP, and the police *MUST* investigate. How thoroughly they
do so is another matter. Remember, this is a criminal matter, not a
civil one.

Then, if the police do investigate, and are of the opinion that there is
a pima facie case, they must pass the matter to the DPP.

The spammer becomes irrelevant. (Or a hippopotamus)

HTH

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Rusty Hinge
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/