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Re: [anti-spam] [anti-spam-wg] Non-cooperation of RIPE ISP in investigating report of email abuse (spam)

  • To: Brian Nisbet <brian.nisbet@localhost, rubaduk@localhost
  • From: "Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet" Woeber@localhost
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:02:58 +0000
  • Organization: UniVie - ACOnet
  • Reply-to: Woeber@localhost

Brian Nisbet wrote:

> Michele,
> 
> The query is over the abuse details they have listed in both
> the RIPE database and places like abuse.net, rather than phone
> or postal details.
> 
> That aside, however, currently there is no policy or procedures
> for RIPE to follow up on incorrect contact information in the
> database.
[...]

Nevertheless I have to comment that I perceive it as perversion
to explicitely and voluntarily register or maintain an abuse-mailbox:
attribute that points to a disfunct mail delivery point...

[...]
> a rehashing of the discussion from last year is unlikely to be
> helpful without some new input.
[...]

So, one of the ideas I am having right now - as this attribute is
not mandatory and pretty modern - is to develop a slightly more
formal procedure to apply to this attribute.

Wilfried.