On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 09:18:05AM -0400, Rich Kulawiec quoted Steve Linford:
> > (but in North America and Europe the pool of providers willing to take
> > them is now very small), there is sadly one other casualty, the sysadmin
> > who was responsible for SAVVIS' previous strong whitehat status up until
> > the purchase of Cable & Wireless and its baggage of hard-core spammers,
> > Alif Terranson, lost his job in doing his job. Being the whistleblower
> > always hurts, which is why not many people have the courage to do it.
> > With more whistleblowers, especially at the few remaining "we're
> > spam-neutral" companies with a long history of blatant spam-support
> > (e.g: MCI and Cogent), the spam problem would be dramatically reduced.

*That* is the kind of courage that's necessary to win this war, and I want
to publicly salute Alif for demonstrating it. Further, I call upon all of
us -- including myself -- to render whatever assistance we can to make sure
Alif is not lacking for employment opportunities.

---Rsk