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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 <[email protected]>, on 01/06/98 at 05:07 PM, Jeremy Porter <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >>>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. >--- >Jeremy Porter, Freeside Communications, Inc. [email protected] PO BOX >80315 Austin, Tx 78708 | 1-800-968-8750 | 512-458-9810 >http://www.fc.net -- John Payne | VM: JOHN at RTP IBM Global Services NS | email: [email protected] OpenNet Services (EMEA) | Intranet http://w3.irc.ibm.com/jpayne
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