[anti-abuse-wg] RIPE 57: Anti Abuse WG Minutes

> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:01:25 +0100 (IST)
> From: "Brian Nisbet" <brian.nisbet at heanet.ie>
> To: anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net
> Reply-To: brian.nisbet at heanet.ie

> RIPE 57 Meeting Dubai
> Anti-Abuse Working Group
> Wednesday, 28 October 2008, 13:30

> There was a comment that there was currently a spam initiative from
> Microsoft and some ISPs to bring those who are spamming to court.
> They are
> also making a database of spammers. There is also a German
> initiative to create a “white list” because people sometimes want
> advertising and this allows companies to send advertising and not
> have it
> considered as spam.
> 
> Brian said that he had seen initiatives like this and hopefully it
> will
> reduce instances of phishing. He added that the challenge is that
> people
> are quick to report spam and this affects genuine advertisers.

Thank you for posting the minutes.

There is one thing I have difficulty understanding: for which definition of "genuine advertisers" are such advertisers affected by having (their?) spam reported?

-- 
Thor Kottelin
http://www.anta.net/