[members-discuss] Spam from Cyprian Nica / IP Broker Limited (Re: Inquiry regarding availability for subnet x.x.x.0 - y.y.y.255

Hi,

Do we need a whitelist of IP blocks/ASNs/@addresses that brokers shouldn't 
ever try to reach? :-)

Cheers,
Carlos Friaças



On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, Martin List-Petersen wrote:

> On 10/10/16 19:59, Stuart Gilbertson | Consider IT Limited wrote:
>>  Is the offer to purchase perceieved unused IPv4 address unsolicited
>>  marketing? Surely not. The guy simply made an offer to purchase.
>>
>>  I can't believe how many people are on their high horses over this. Delete
>>  the email and move on. We're meant to be professionals. Surely gone are
>>  our
>>  keyboard warrior days?
>> 
>
> The issue is, this is a constant thing. Not by this broker, but also by other 
> brokers.
>
> If it was a once off, nobody would have a problem. But it has become common 
> place just to farm the RIPEdb, then spam away.
>
> The data in the RIPEdb is not for commerce. Full stop. It's for admin, 
> billing and tech purposes. Operational purposes.
>
> Marketing, sales and purchase are not to be based upon that data. Full stop.
>
> Kind regards,
> Martin List-Petersen
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