Re: FW: Maybe you can help us?

[James Aldridge <]

Mike Brown jmbrown@localhost wrote:
> I received the following Unsolicited Commercial Email appearing to have
> originated from one of the IP addresses under your control.  I have attached
> to headers immediately below my signature block.  If this UCE did in fact
> originate from one of your clients, can you please ask him/her to cease and
> desist.

You have succeeded in reaching the RIPE Anti-Spam Working Group.  This
probably wasn't your intention and you should look in the RIPE database
(whois.ripe.net) for details of the "ownership" of the address space in
question, in this case Pakistan Telecomminication Company Ltd:

	inetnum:     194.74.28.0 - 194.74.28.255
	netname:     BT-CUST-1162
	descr:       Pakistan Telecomminication Company Ltd
	country:     PK
	admin-c:     NH293-RIPE
	tech-c:      PA456-RIPE
	status:      ASSIGNED PA
	changed:     Tony.Arora@localhost 970219
	source:      RIPE
	
	person:      Nizar Hamad
	address:     PTCL Complex
	address:     International Gateway Exchange
	address:     Satellite Town
	address:     7th Road Rawalpindi
	address:     Pakistan
	phone:       +9714313110
	fax-no:      +9714314355
	e-mail:      hamadn@localhost
	nic-hdl:     NH293-RIPE
	changed:     Tony.Arora@localhost 970219
	source:      RIPE
	
	person:      Peter Ashton
	address:     PTCL Complex
	address:     International Gateway Exchange
	address:     Satellite Town
	address:     7th Road Rawalpindi
	address:     Pakistan
	phone:       +9714313110
	fax-no:      +9714314355
	e-mail:      ashton@localhost
	nic-hdl:     PA456-RIPE
	changed:     Tony.Arora@localhost 970219
	source:      RIPE

For your information, the anti-spam working group's charter is:

* To develop a "Code of Conduct" to which ISPs might agree to adhere. It is
  foreseen that this document might be used as an indication that a signing
  party would make efforts to ensure that their customers are not responsible
  for abuse of the network resources of others or that they would be prepared
  to take actions to combat network abuse.

* To make a recommendation as to the feasibility and usefulness of a "Centre
  for European Network Abuse Resolution (CENAR)". This centre would not
  handle individual abuse complaints, but might, for example, provide a
  conflict resolution service if ISPs are unable to resolve issues regarding
  abuse complaints themselves (for instance an ISP does not co-operate in
  abuse- complaints matters). The Centre could also help with deployment of
  technical solutions and might pre-empt governmental regulation through the
  perception of a degree of "self governance" within the European ISP
  community. The proposed working group would define the statutes, target
  audience, workplan and propose a financial model for such a service. 

James Aldridge,
Chair, RIPE Anti-Spam Working Group

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