[ncc-services-wg] ripe rejecting "valid" e-mail

Pim van Pelt wrote:
> Yes, at least one person in Holland does. With regard to the fax, I
> think it is wise to have at least some method of proof of human
> intervention. If you cannot send/receive faxes, I suggest you buy
> a fax machine in stead of going the route you suggested.

Just for this ? No. Apart from sales people asking for fax numbers, we have
had no need to replace the broken machine (and cancelled the line) ages ago.

> With regard to the proposal. I do not think it is nessecary to push
> manhours against other forms of authentication/signup than those
> already in place. I find it amazing (and somewhat ironic) that you
> are suggesting that the folks at NCC should invest time in these
> types of "nobody
> wants them anyway"  features.

No, what I want is there to always be a fallback and never ever a "twisty
little maze of passages, all different" when dealing with RIPE.

BTW If the fax system is automated, how does it help to verify someones ID ?
Why can't a verification "page" be sent with or on the paper invoices for
membership ?

Peter