[194937] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vendors spamming NANOG attendees
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mel Beckman)
Tue Jun 13 11:03:08 2017
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From: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org>
To: Rodney Joffe <rjoffe@centergate.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:02:55 +0000
In-Reply-To: <EDE857EB-56DA-45C4-B944-2FF03C7A9445@centergate.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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Rodney,
What do you suggest? Shoot them at Dawn? :-)=20
The standard warning and education has always been adequate in the past. We=
don't have a runaway spamming problem on the list.
-mel beckman
> On Jun 13, 2017, at 6:00 AM, Rodney Joffe <rjoffe@centergate.com> wrote:
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> It seems that more than just a few of us were spammed by Glenn Stern (gst=
ern@calient.net), an employee of Calient following NANOG 70.
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> The spammer had the balls to say, in his email:
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>>=20
>> We do not know each other. I'm leveraging the attendee list for NANOG to=
reach out and raise awareness of the value of OCS (Optical Circuit Switchi=
ng) in the data center and in particular, the Carrier Neutral Hotel where w=
e've been active with next generation MeetMeRoom discussions.
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> He does not show as an attendee at NANOG, but another executive, David Al=
tstaetter, daltstaetter@calient.net did register, and may have even shown u=
p. Hopefully those of you who have traditional community attitudes will sho=
w your reaction via your pocketbooks.
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> Maybe its time for the NANOG board and staff to step in, and develop some=
teeth to use in cases like these? Unless the majority of you members are c=
ool with unfettered spamming of member and attendee lists. In which case, h=
ave at it!
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> Rodney
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