Re: [OT] HELP!!! mail attack

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

> Think of it like this:  If your filing system randomly destroyed files,
> would that be okay since some of the files still remain?  Would you want
> to keep on using that filing system?  Would you recommend it to others?

The model used for internet packets is random early drop. The logic is
that anything important will be repeated and the probability of randomly
deleting all the repeats of something important are statistically low.

> Are they really aware of the ramifications of that?  And it's not
> *their* mail that you're throwing away, it's the senders mail that
> you're throwing away, you don't do that with their consent, nor even
> knowledge.

I'm not throwing anything away. I'm declining to accept it.

Alan