Anita Cohen-Williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >(Has anyone tried the Sprint Passport service yet?) Please avoid Sprint. They are, by policy, uncooperative when it comes to resolving Internet E-mail abuse through their service and their ISPs. For more information on ISPs that do help reduce E-mail advertising and Spam, see http://www.vix.com/spam/ Here's the auto reply from the [log in to unmask] alias: >Subject: Re: E-Mail Bomb / E-Mail Harassment (Was: penpals) >From: [log in to unmask] > > This is an automated response. > > Thank you for your report of a network abuse (including spamming and > spoofing). We do not filter or scan traffic based on content. > As a transport provider, the actual content of the data traversing > the network is the originators responsibility. As a result, we have > no means of detecting or obtaining evidence of illegal activity. > If you feel that you have evidence of unlawful use of the network, > please contact your local state or federal authorities. > > Sprint provides the network to Internet Service Providers and relies > on the individual ISPs to police their network appropriately. If you > have an issue with the data that is being sourced from a provider > please contact the provider. You can find most information for > contacting providers through the internic.