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From: emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti)
Subject: Re: UUPSI's new rules
In-Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM's message of 19 Mar 91 02:43:58 GMT
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Date: 19 Mar 91 13:43:12


the solution would seem to be
- rewrite headers to hide people in your "domain"
- register as a .org, e.g. "*.emv.org" "friends of ed vielmetti"
  rather than a .com if you are indeed registering a domain for
  convenience and not for commercial traffic per se.  (the name is
  actually quite arbitrary and .com sites are not subject to any
  different restrictions that .org sites face).
- insist that your feed site (whatever it is) rewrite your headers
  to your specifications, within reason (e.g. not explicitly 
  percentifying you behind their main relay)
- do comparison shopping; find several possible places to get a
  connection from, and compare rates/services/etc.

it would be nice to have a standard terms and conditions contract that
multiple providers of this sort of service (news, mail, mx) would
adhere to; that would make comparison shopping easier.  a service
providers scorecard would be interesting too.  (but don't ask me to
volunteer to fill it in, I'm an interested party)

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 Msen	Edward Vielmetti
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	emv@msen.com


