RE: XO Salestrolls

["McBurnett, Jim" <jmcburnett () msmgmt com>]

TO any XO types here...
If you act on this one problem--- 
Take a look see here:
http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=xo.com&-nothing=Search
http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=xo.net&-nothing=Search

There are more than 30 entries of Known SPAM and at least 15 of which
has been identified as having SPAM business models....

Anyway..
J

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared () puck Nether net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 4:07 PM
> To: Rick Ernst
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: XO Salestrolls
>
>
>
>       Perhaps people should post an as-path regex that will filter out
> this spam?
>
>       I believe I got one also from someone at XO and i did get
> a response from abuse@ saying they were educating the
> person but .. <conspiracy-theory-mode-on> that could just be cover
> to prevent them from being blacklisted</conspiracy-theory-mode>
>
>       - jared
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 12:54:51PM -0700, Rick Ernst wrote:
> > My abuse complaint to XO/Concentric got a auto-responder and 
> that's it.
> > It would be nice to know when somebody actually feels the clue-bat.
> >
> > Of course, I feel so special knowing that my single-box 
> personal server/domain
> > could use a DS-3.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 bdragon () gweep net wrote:
> >
> > :>
> > :>I'm now (at least) the second person to be spammed by Scott Davis
> > :>with XO, who is mining the nanog list looking for marks.
> > :>
> > :>I'ld recommend that those of you who do business with XO ask to
> > :>not having anything to do with Scott Davis. Hopefully losing
> > :>a few accounts will reeducate him into more ethical business
> > :>practices.
> > :>
>
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