[194953] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vendors spamming NANOG attendees
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Tue Jun 13 16:56:24 2017
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:56:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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I think it would too subject to wild variance in what someone views as bad.
Actual SPAM (viagra, Nigerian prices, etc.), of course.
Industry-related SPAM, probably.
Targeted marketing (looking for someone at Facebook, seeing someone from Facebook and tracking them down... or seeing someone at someone in a specific area or...) ehh, probably not
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Mike Hammett
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Midwest-IX
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Kulawiec" <rsk@gsp.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 3:47:03 PM
Subject: Re: Vendors spamming NANOG attendees
On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 05:47:23PM +0000, Mel Beckman wrote:
> That still leaves the question: how to you invoke this financial
> punishment? Prohibit NANOG members from buying their products?
I don't think there's a mechanism to do that. (Please correct me
if I'm wrong.) However, I think it's feasible to construct a
list and make it publicly available so that folks can consult it
before making purchase decisions.
---rsk
