[masklinn]

That is not really true, ISPs are relied on by non-technical customers who have neither the personal chops nor a 24/7 technical assistant to help them.

Whether ISPs succeed in any way is an entirely different ballgame, but this is absolutely the job of the ISP, especially in their role of email provider. Its ability to properly discriminate and aggressively block or plonk messages isvery much one of the reasons people like gmail.

[robertlagrant]

> Whether ISPs succeed in any way is an entirely different ballgame, but this is absolutely the job of the ISP, especially in their role of email provider.

They aren't providing email in this example, as far as I can tell. They're providing internet access to an email service. Or they should be.

[throwaway0x7E6]

yes comrade, lets confine everyone to a handful of party-approved websites, for their own good.