Comment How long should the ISP "reserve" her address? (Score 1) 405
> When your account with an isp is cancelled, they should not be collecting email on your behalf.
When you close your account with an ISP, you lose all claim over your address. The ISP is free to give it to another customer, throw mail to that address in the trash, or read it.
Are you suggesting that even though you've closed your account, the ISP should have some responsibility to you?
How long does an address have to wait before it is "free" again?
This is nonsense.
E-mail is not "personal"; It is not the same as a postal address, which includes *your name*. It is not possible to tell who an E-mail is intended for *without reading part of it*.
If I were the ISP, I would argue:
When she continued to have E-mail sent to her address, we assumed she wanted to re-open our contractual relationship.
When you close your account with an ISP, you lose all claim over your address. The ISP is free to give it to another customer, throw mail to that address in the trash, or read it.
Are you suggesting that even though you've closed your account, the ISP should have some responsibility to you?
How long does an address have to wait before it is "free" again?
This is nonsense.
E-mail is not "personal"; It is not the same as a postal address, which includes *your name*. It is not possible to tell who an E-mail is intended for *without reading part of it*.
If I were the ISP, I would argue:
When she continued to have E-mail sent to her address, we assumed she wanted to re-open our contractual relationship.
