[8401] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Anti-SPAM announcement from AT&T Worldnet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul R.D. Lantinga)
Fri Mar 28 23:51:57 1997
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 20:46:16 -0800 (PST)
From: "Paul R.D. Lantinga" <planting@vfi.com>
To: Reid Fishler <redhead@cloudy.lightning.net>
cc: Jonathan Clark <jhc@lynxhub.att.com>, spam-list@psc.edu, nanog@merit.edu,
spam@zorch.sf-bay.org
In-Reply-To: <199703290400.XAA18215@cloudy.lightning.net>
Last I checked Reid, it was only the 28th of March, not the 31st. Give
'em a chance there buddy and then maybe flame them. -Paul.
--
Paul R.D. Lantinga #planting@vfi.com#
Systems Administrator, Verifone IC
"...'proactive' and 'paradigm', aren't these just buzzwords
that dumb people use to sound important?"-The Simpsons
On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Reid Fishler wrote:
> While we are discussing AT&T Worldnet, does anyone LOOK at mail to abuse?
> I personally emailed this address, along with root and postmaster over three
> months ago, and I know of at least 4 others who did the same, and got no
> response. In fact, I believe 2 of the addresses bounced...And when BBN
> (transit provider) was called, they refused to do anything about it...
> Reid Fishler
> Lightning Internet Services, LLC
>
> > AT&T Worldnet announces that starting Monday, March 31 1997,
> > it will be taking action to stop email from non-AT&T Worldnet
> > account holders being relayed through its servers.
> >
> > We have reserved the right to treat such mail any way we deem appropriate,
> > which may include deleting it without notification to the originator.
> >
> > Please address any questions about this policy to abuse@worldnet.att.net.
> >
> >
>
>
