Open Relays, Free Speech, and Virus Propagation 488
sirsnork writes: "There is a story about John Gilmore running an open relay that is being used by a virus to propagate running over at Newsbytes. His defence? He wants his friends to be able to send email through his server from whereever they are. You'd think he'd know better." Gilmore has been skirmishing with Verio for some time over his open mail relay. Is it a good thing because it promotes the free flow of information? Is it bad for promoting the free flow of spam? Do the ethics change because someone writes a virus that uses the server to propagate? Interesting questions.
What's his IP address? (Score:3, Funny)
I suppose he leaves his front door unlocked too so his friends can watch cable whenever they like?
Free flow. (Score:5, Funny)
Information wants to be free, but my mail client does not want to be chock-full of herbal pot alternative spam.
If this were still the 'net of the pre-WWW days, I would see the point of running an open relay for friends. It's not, though. The vultures are here. And they really want to sell penis enlargers.
--saint
Amazing they've left him online this long (Score:2, Funny)
Honor System Virus (Score:2, Funny)
Thank you
Re:Free flow. (Score:4, Funny)
Gushy it up however you like, trebek, the question is does it work?
What to do about it. (Score:1, Funny)
Write, email, fax, or phone to Darren Grabowski of "Verio Security". Tell him that punishing innocents if you can't find the guilty is not the right way to run a network. Please send me a copy at , and also send a copy to EFF at .
So should I use my real email address...no I think I'll use bill@microsoft.com and relay 100000 copies through your open mailserver. Cool huh!
Re:Free flow. (Score:3, Funny)
Steph: "Don't these people realize that if you outlaw SPAM, only CRIMINALS will have spam?"
Piotr; "Sounds good to me...."
Steph: "Okay wait, that didn't come out right..."
What's that sound? (Score:5, Funny)
Dear John (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you for the pictures. They helped many a night pass quickly in college.
Re:It's bad. (Score:3, Funny)
Grab.
Re:It's bad. (Score:2, Funny)