[52724] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: spam, what to do:)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Granados)
Wed Oct 9 13:17:18 2002
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:15:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Scott Granados <scott@graphidelix.net>
To: "John M. Brown" <john@chagresventures.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20021008233348.D67608@oso.greenflash.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Well we do have a no spam policy listed on the web site and we do stick
to it, its not there just for looks. I like the idea though of a
termination fee, good idea!
On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, John M. Brown wrote:
> Id post this to a different list.. NANOG has hashed spam to death
> and its really no longer the place to post about it.
>
> That aside....
>
> I'd set a policy and put it in your AUP, there is some legal
> exposure for not doing that.
>
> I'd also enforce your AUP equally each time, and you may wish
> to put a "SPAM Termination Fee" as a liquidated damages statement.
> Make it large enough to deter, and worth wild going after them if
> they abuse or damage your network addresses...
>
> precious little IP life forms.... to the tune of Data singing..
>
> john
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:21:50PM -0700, Scott Granados wrote:
> >
> > My question is this. The company I work for has a no spam policy.
> > Sometimes users do and of course we shut them off. My own feelings asside
> > its what is considered proper in the isp community so we do it with out
> > question. However, what is the best policy and procedure to prevent
> > people from spamming in the first place and secondly if they do and get
> > terminated fix the damage done. I have no desire to support spam or
> > enable spammers but there are bad users and sometimes they do. Any
> > positive advise on dealing with these guys above just turning them off
> > would be helpful.
> >
> >
>
