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

[willhill]

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.