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On 11/07/12 11:12, Martijn Grooten wrote: > (Apologies for the top post) > > As I understand it, Neil knows the identity of the 'troll' - as does > the 'victim'. So I think this is quite a different situation. > > Given that both addresses are provided by you, can't you simply block > email from troll to victim? That'd be quite a normal thing to do if > you were only providing email service to the victim. > > Martijn Ok but part my point was the troll IS prosecutable, all you need is the right information + evidence, which you have. Don't you also have people like the internet watch foundation who can help in such situations in a similar way to CEOP if a child is involved. Hopefully the tide is turning. It depends on prosecutions Paul > On 11/07/2012, paul sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 11/07/12 08:57, Eion MacDonald wrote: >>> On 11/07/2012 08:33, Neil Stone wrote: >>>> On 10/07/2012 23:25, Simon Waters wrote: >>>>> On 10/07/12 21:57, Neil Stone wrote: >>>>>> Anyone on the list hot on the law regarding ISPs and people sending >>>>>> harassing email etc? >>>> One user of my email server is sending harassing emails to another user >>>> of my server... It's tempting to tell the offender to cease and decist >>>> or risk having their email account killed but I wanted to see if there >>>> was a legal president on this that anyone might be aware of. I was using >>>> ISP in this particular case to refer to me as I am providing the email >>>> service. >>>> >>> 1. Not my area, but there are a couple of problems. >>> 1.1 How do you know one customer is sending unwanted (however awkward, >>> "harassment" is subjective opinion until proven) to another customer? >>> By complaint to you (OK provided allows you to read/intercept) >>> 1.2 By your observation? Oh! This needs your terms of service to allow >>> scanning and reading of communications >>> 1.3 If your terms of service 'forbid emails of nature XXX' and will >>> allow you to read and filter for them', you can take a number of actions: >>> 1.3.1 You must log and record all messages between the folk and get >>> permission of the recipient to do so. >>> 1.3.2 You could cut off the sender, but they will find another way >>> 1.3.3 Confirm and suggest you give logs and written complaint from >>> recipient to police. >>> Request a word / letter/caution to be given. >>> 1.4 If not acted upon then Police/ courts can act and forbid sender >>> access to any internet communication and prosecute but that i usually >>> only where violence is threatened. >>> >>> Lots of acts where 'nuisance' can be invoked. >>> >> i know this is off slightly, but wasn't there a recent case on with a >> victim of a troll on facebook where they forced facebook to disclose the >> information of the offender sending messages to facebook so action could >> be taken against the offender. >> >> I assume by this that action can be taken, if the law has been broken. >> >> Paul >> >> -- >> >> -- >> http://drupal.zleap.net >> http://www.ubuntu.com >> >> skype : psutton111 >> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 >> >> >> -- >> The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq >> -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net http://www.ubuntu.com skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq