<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Michele,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The proposal as written should cover this. The requirement is for a working e-mail address that will accept messages - not one that will direct you to a web site.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Jeff</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michele@mneylon.com href="mailto:michele@mneylon.com">Michele</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=filiz@ripe.net href="mailto:filiz@ripe.net">filiz@ripe.net</A> ; <A title=address-policy-wg@ripe.net href="mailto:address-policy-wg@ripe.net">address-policy-wg@ripe.net</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=jscribner@asienterprises.com href="mailto:jscribner@asienterprises.com">'Jeffrey L. Scribner'</A> ; <A title=hph@oslo.net href="mailto:hph@oslo.net">'Hans Petter Holen'</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 23, 2006 08:32</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [policy-announce] 2006-04 New Policy Proposal (Contact e-mail Address Requirements)</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>One question I have about this:<BR><BR>"Every organisation controlling an IP address should provide at least one<BR>working contact e-mail address where notifications of abuse emanating from<BR>that IP address can be sent." <BR><BR>Several ISPs maintain abuse email addresses, but when you submit abuse<BR>reports to the supplied address they send an auto-responder forcing you to<BR>resubmit the data via a web form.<BR><BR>What is the RIPE policy on this?<BR><BR>Surely ISPs should not be making it hard for users / admins etc., to report<BR>abuse to them<BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>Michele<BR><BR><BR>Michele<BR><A href="http://www.mneylon.com/blog/">http://www.mneylon.com/blog/</A><BR><A href="http://www.searchenginecookbook.com/">http://www.searchenginecookbook.com/</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irishblogs.info">http://www.irishblogs.info</A> - top Irish blogs/bloggers<BR><BR><BR></BODY></HTML>