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Open Relays, Free Speech, and Virus Propagation

Posted by michael on from the now-boarding-at-port-25 dept.

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.

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  1. Joshua E. Briggs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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