while i'm on the subject of filtering, here's today's list of spammers

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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 15:55:23 -0800
From: Paul A Vixie <paul@vix.com>
  [...]
I will not have network resources I pay for, used to spam me, or to spam
others. I have the right of use and/or disposal of my own property. People
who spam are committing "theft of service" and my Ip reachability matrix is
better off without such people in it.
  [...]

Oh, great. Next, the abortion foes will try to deny the advocates
access. Then, the gays versus the straights. The Jews and the
Gentiles. ...

-tjs

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Yep, I'm concerned. I find the precedent frightening and the use of
"public" resources to satisfy a "private" goal to also be frightening.
Even though the "private" goal is admirable.