http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r15394429 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:27:22 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:27:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15413951 emptywig : ISPs are private companies. An owner of a company providing a service has the right to give (or restrict) whatever they want to. You as a customer has a right to use another service.

Besides, anything really important shouldn't be left to email anyway.

wig]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15413951 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:25:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15396980 jpark : Tagging is fine. Just discarding email isn't.

I just wonder how AOL subscribers will feel when they find that their favorite newsletter is discarded because the sender didn't pay AOL a fee to let it through.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15396980 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:21:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15394429 averagedude : I think my ISP does a good job because they do a combination of both. They let everything through, but pre-tag the email with spam-high, spam-medium, spam-low. That way I can easily configure filters. If they mis-tag an email no big deal, because I still get it, and alter my filters for it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15394429 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:38:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15393420 anon : email is and has been, and should always be considered a "best effort" system, in other words, the cooperating networks of the internet will make a best effort to get your email to its destination, but there is no guarantee. If you are sending something truly important where delivery is essential, send it via FAX, telephone or FEDEX (or UPS if you want them to drop kick it across the country first)....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15393420 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:31:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15392995 jpark : I've never understood how any ISP feels they have the right to restrict my access, email, etc.

Suppose you don't receive an important email because your ISP blocked it. Could there not be some liability to the ISP for that?

Of course, I have never used AOL and won't. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15392995 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:36:13 EDT