Re: peering policies and spam

[john () raleigh ibm com]

Ouch... IMHO thats C&W showing their newbie status (at least for the UK,
they've only been operating/advertising as an ISP for a couple of months).  


I've copied to the UK spamstop list for info/comment.

In <199801062307.RAA25700 () freeside fc net>, on 01/06/98 
   at 05:07 PM, Jeremy Porter <jerry () fc net> said:

> Have any providers gone on record as stating that
> they are going to require anti-spam policies in their future peering
> agreements?  We have the case of a spam attack coming from Cable and
> Wireless CWIX.NET customer:
> Here is CWIX saying its ok to send in bulk unsolicited email. We are
> going to require that our service providers and peers argee to not pass
> us spam traffic, by whatever means that they want to impelement.  As a
> stop gap, I imaging a route map to map all prefixes arriving out of AS
> 5683 to Null0 for the time being will a stop gap, until we can get our
> providers to drop peering with these idiots.

> I imagine we will also be pursing legal action as these people are
> located in state.

> > Here is the official response from CWIX.NET (cable wireless ex)
> > Patrick 
> > > > > >
> > > <excerpt>Sender: lawrence () tipa2 cwix net 
> > > Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 19:20:34 -0500 
> > > From: Lawrence Guidry  
> > > Organization: Cable & Wireless Internet Exchange (CWIX) 
> > > To: "Patrick Michael O'Leary"  
> > > Subject: [Fwd: Ticket #92258 (craig) Spammed email to our site!
> > >
> > >
> > > Upon investigation, your complaint appears to be without merit. 
> > >
> > >
> > > The simple act of sending commercial bulk e-mail to your clientelle is
> > > not in and of itself a violation of our AUP. 
> > >
> > >
> > > Any issues of complaint regarding plagerism towards Roy Bronson are
> > > between you and he. 
> > >
> > >
> > > Of course, please feel free to re-clarify your complaint for further
> > > consideration by us. 


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