[anti-abuse-wg] 2019-04 New Policy Proposal (Validation of "abuse-mailbox")

Marco Schmidt(mschmidt at ripe.net) on 2019.05.16 14:20:46 +0200:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> A new RIPE Policy proposal, 2019-04, "Validation of "abuse-mailbox"", is now available for discussion.
> 
> This proposal aims to have the RIPE NCC validate "abuse-c:" information more often, and introduces a new validation process that requires manual input from resource holders.
> 
> You can find the full proposal at:
> https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2019-04
> 
> As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide feedback to the proposer.
> 
> At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposer, with the agreement of the Anti-Abuse Working Group Chairs, decides how to proceed with the proposal.
> 
> We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to <anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net> before 14 June 2019.

Last month i witnessed that the current verification method failed when
trying to contact a abuse account on a mailserver doing simple graylisting -
creating useless work for my collegues and the NCC.

I think that the current system should work better before being burdened
with more work. Basically this policy makes the NCC spend money for not much
gain. So at this time, i'm against it.

/Benno