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Havard Eidnes he at uninett.no
Tue Oct 9 17:31:56 CEST 2001

> I think the base principles behind cleanups are great, and I intend
> proposing APNIC explore a similar course of action to the manual
> sweep.

Indeed, I also applaud the initiative.

> I am worried that there may be *external* referencees to objects,
> and while we have no 'contractual' obligation it might not be nice
> to do this to people without some engagement but I expect most
> people would welcome losing a path to spam.

I seem to recall statements to the effect that "the RIPE database is
not a phone directory" from quite a while ago when the issue of the
"dangling person" objects was discussed, indicating that the RIPE
database should not be used in this manner.

Regards,

- Håvard

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