Re: Internet Email Services Association

[Chris Edwards <chris () eng gla ac uk>]

Michael.Dillon () radianz com wrote:

| The key thing here is that there is some kind of contractual agreement
| between the second tier and the core members. If the second tier breaks
| the agreement, their email flow is summarily cut off. You can do that
| with contracts.

Yup.

As you've mentioned, we already have a mechanism for peering between
providers - it's called BGP.  Is it too much to ask for BGP peering
contracts to include requirements to deal with abuse ?