Data Retention Regulations in the Lords

[Roland Perry]

In article <49CCBA92.2431.AC7CAD@davidh.spidacom.co.uk>, David Hansen 
<davidh@spidacom.co.uk> writes
>On 27 Mar 2009 at 9:43, Roland Perry wrote:
>
>> I think you are guilty of the effect we saw in Brussels when negotiating
>> the Privacy Directive (which had some anti-spam measures and therefore
>> benefited from those discussing it understanding a little about what
>> spam is); viz "all email is like Hotmail" [1]. (Or perhaps more
>> recently, "like Gmail").
>
>I don't think so.

You do in fact seem to be promoting a form of "one size" that you claim 
"fits all".

>> However, conventional ISP spam detection is just as likely to simply
>> throw it away. Sometimes even before it's been accepted at the
>> destination ISP, as a result of various internal or external blacklists.
>
>One can tell them to throw it away by working the various controls in a
>control panel.

Only if the ISP has such a control panel!

-- 
Roland Perry