Should ISPs be required to forward email?
Email: Should ISPs Be Required To Forward Email?
And also, would you want your email forwarded? Usually when I ditch an email addy it's because it's been compromised by spam. But with spam filters every improving (Thanks, Gmail!) this hasn't really been an issue for me.
The government is weighing whether ISPs should be required to forward email after customers switch providers. Freelance writer Gail Mortenson filed a petition with the FCC claiming that she lost business because AOL and Time Warner refused to forward her emails for six months. The FCC doesn't seem overly interested in the petition, but Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is watching closely to see how the FCC proceeds.
