[brlug-general] Google mail - aps etc... WAS Cox blocking email with numerical IP addresses.

[B. Estrade]

The comments are interesting.

Brett

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:51:20PM -0600, Shannon Roddy wrote:
> Well, it'll refuse to die now....
> http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/08/01/31/2130251.shtml
> 
> On Jan 31, 2008 1:05 PM, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote:
> > Let's go ahead and close this thread out, thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Puryear Information Technology, LLC
> > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414
> > http://www.puryear-it.com
> >
> > Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers"
> >    http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices
> >
> > Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration
> >
> >
> >
> > willhill wrote:
> > > The reason I reported the problem was to help make people aware of it.  This
> > > thread has documented widespread, if not universal, port blocking, message
> > > filtering and censorship worthy of China rather than a nation that is
> > > cherishes freedom of speech and due process of law.
> > >
> > > Attacks on personal liberty are deliberate.  People in power want to identify
> > > and neutralized opposition.  A private example is the HP spying scandal that
> > > we are all familiar with.  I read about some public service examples
> > > yesterday:
> > >
> > > http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012208T.shtml
> > >
> > > I accept that you did not mean to insult me and think that this thread has
> > > served it's purpose.  Thanks again for the work arounds.
> > >
> > > On Thursday 31 January 2008 9:14 am, Scott Harney wrote:
> > >> I feel that this list is a discussion of technical issues focused on using
> > >> Linux. I have deliberately and specifically avoided "moral" or other
> > >> non-technical aspects.  I am dealing with the situation as it is, not as it
> > >> should be.  And at least there are viable technical workarounds, things you
> > >> can do with your Linux machine.
> > >> ....
> > >> The average user don't grasp that there is a problem here.
> > >> ....
> > >> I think that for the most part, it's more ignorance than a willful attack
> > >> on individual liberty.  The results are the same regardless of motivation.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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