[arin-discuss] Spammer/Abuser screening policy

[Samuel Hill]

>While I, having suffered the consequences of major ISPs'
>auto-blacklisting me for the "crime" of forwarding my customers' e-mail
>to them without adequate spam filtering, can *certainly* feel for the
>pain and frustration you endured, you've got to admit, their policy is
>working....
>
>After much pain, you've learned that you must actively screen your
>potential customers.  I completely agree with the advice you shared --
>check against these blacklists, and don't take on the customer if
>they're on one of them.  It's too painful.
>  
>
What suggestions do you have for such screening?
You can check against black list but I do not think that is an effective 
way to screen customers.
You would be assuming that there is some sort of information that would 
match, but in many cases you will have company details.
Those company details generally do not include past IP addresses, past 
domains used, or any other information that could be used to compare.

I think the discussion still has failed to produce an answer.
There is certainly the need for screening.
The screening process needs to be streamlined, unless you are a very 
small ISP background research on potential customers would not be cost 
effective (as it looks now).
My only suggestion, be it flawed, is a centralized entity or source to 
check corporate background information in regards to internet usage.

I do not think the anti-spam community is effective, it is more of a 
band aid and nuisance.
A completely new way of thinking needs to happen for the anti-spam 
community to be effective.
There has been progress but currently we are attacking spam by blocking 
outside traffic, this discussion is more towards preventing inside 
problems.

Samuel Hill

>But, you gotta admit, that means that the anti-spam community is
>achieving its goal of making the Internet a hostile place for spammers
>and those for whom they advertise.
>
>-Bill Van Emburg
>Quadrix Solutions, Inc.
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