one-to-many messaging

[Roland Perry]

In article <06db01c89fbc$ba153840$1601010a@neos.tv>, Tom Thomson 
<cmt@btinternet.com> writes
>> It's complicated because sometimes the ISP is itself the "intended
>> recipient" - very obviously so for Usenet reading, not quite so
>> obviously for Usenet posting [the one-to-many in the title] and mail
>> relaying. And finally, maybe even for browsing, if the ISP is known to
>
>> be providing a proxy (or a phishing filter).
>
>The usenet reading case only works if I'm using an nntp server provided
>by the ISP;

Obviously it only works for the ISP (not necessarily a connectivity ISP) 
who operates the server.

>if I'm using one provided by someone else the ISP is neither
>sender nor intended recipient.  So far as I can tell, the usenet posting
>case depends on who the intended recipient is

The choice is between "the usenet server I'm posting to" and "a vague 
community of multiple people that the posting will eventually trickle 
down to".

>- I don't buy multiple recipients, the nntp server (or the corporate or 
>actual person operating it) is the recipient so to me it seems to be 
>identical to the usenet reading case.

In that case I think we agree.
-- 
Roland Perry