[anti-abuse-wg] Spam FAQs need revision, was 2011-06 New Policy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: anti-abuse-wg-bounces at ripe.net [mailto:anti-abuse-wg-
> bounces at ripe.net] On Behalf Of Suresh Ramasubramanian
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 4:47 PM
> To: Alessandro Vesely
> Cc: anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net

> It is a FAQ, not an advocacy portal.
>
> Simply link to the MAAWG best practices document - there's several
> available for providers, end users etc.

Linking to MAAWG could also be viewed as a form of advocacy, and the 
interests of RIPE may not be entirely aligned with those of MAAWG.

As an example, Yahoo is a MAAWG member at the highest level of influence 
('Sponsor', which includes a seat on the MAAWG Board of Directors), but 
decade after decade, Yahoo inflicts enormous amounts of spam on the RIPE 
community and other Internet users. Other MAAWG members with reputations for 
spam and/or spam support include Amazon and Constant Contact.

I would prefer for RIPE to produce its own information on spam and other 
forms of abuse of the network, as needed.

-- 
Thor Kottelin
http://www.anta.net/