RE: [nznog] Crimes Amendment Bill No 6 Now Law

On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 15:37, Philip D'Ath wrote:

Don't forget we are talking about the Crimes act, and in the very first section it says ignoragance is not a defence.

For example, if I murder someone but don't look, I can't say that I'm innocent because I didn't see myself committing the crime.

I'm clearly giving a warning via the SMTP greeting line. A user claiming they have not seen it is not a defence.

Ignorance of the law is no defence. Ignorance of your SMTP greeting line may well be. The idea of reasonable-ness comes into play. Can the ordinary person (or even the ordinary sysadmin) be reasonably expected to read the SMTP greeting line of every server they connect to? -- Steve Withers