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From: ron minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] spam rejection after reception does have limits
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 09:33:52 -0600
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Lucio De Re wrote:

> Ron agrees with him, too: in the good ole days we cut miscreants
> out.

I wouldn't go that far. In the good 'ole days, DARPANET was an elitist
institution: nobody got in unless DARPA said ok. The boundaries were both
institutional and economic -- getting a DARPANET link at your site was
costly. We didn't cut them out; they never had a chance to get in.

ron