[arin-discuss] Spammer/Abuser screening policy

[Loevner, Michael]

Thanks to to all for the responses, they have been quite helpful.  I'll
be using some of your tips as we move forward here.

Thanks,

Mike Loevner
IP Address Management
Verizon Internet Services

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> [mailto:arin-discuss-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Jon Lewis
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:16 PM
> To: arin-discuss at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] Spammer/Abuser screening policy
> 
> 
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, LavaNet Hostmaster wrote:
> 
> > And after a particularly bad experience that we had, I'd suggest 
> > asking them, in 100 words or less, to describe exactly what 
> "Confirmed 
> > Opt-In" means to them, and then read their response over very 
> > carefully, and see if you pick up any danger signs.
> 
> Doesn't matter.  The one's you have to worry about will lie 
> and tell you 
> what they think you want to hear.
> 
> > Past that, you might want to check them out against this:
> >
> > 	<http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/>
> 
> Google is your friend.  (well, maybe not some of you:)
> Google for your prospective customer by name, postal address, 
> etc.  Check 
> google groups too.  If the address shows up in lots of spam 
> complaints, 
> that's probably not a good sign.
> 
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