[arin-ppml] How bad is it really?

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

Guys,

   Before getting too worked up, please keep in mind that the fact that
the mail message was ACCEPTED by your mail system and not immediately
bounced, indicates that there's a valid e-mail box there.

   I'd hazard a guess that if you didn't click on the link at all
that ARIN is going to still consider the POC  "most likely valid".

Ted

On 7/12/2010 7:39 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:
> Steve Bertrand wrote:
>>
>> After reading the policy, it would seem apparent to me that the
>> responsibility of any message sent by ARIN to a responsible POC would be
>> up to the address holder of the POC... is that correct?
>>
>> ie. if spam filters catch a message destined to them that originate from
>> ARIN, then they, or their email admins should be aware to allow all
>> email from ARIN to traverse the filters and make it to the destination.
> Unfortunately, the world of email today makes it much more likely that a
> personal one-to-one communication will be delivered than will a bulk
> (and yes, this is a "bulk email" by any definition) delivery of messages
> with multiple "click to act now" URLs in it.
>
> In my case the message wasn't immediately discarded, but was moved from
> the "personal messages, read now" box to the "suspect messages, review"
> box due to the "?validationCode=9dba..." in the first URL. That simply
> isn't the sort of thing that a "real person" would send to an ARIN POC
> in order to get help.
>
> And if they didn't get a reply, they could try my phone number and get a
> prompt reply that way as well... but the POC validation process didn't
> call me on the phone, either.
>> I appreciate this effort, and feel that it is the responsibility of the
>> recipient to accept the message properly from ARIN, as this has been
>> decided and documented in our policy.
> And how many of the POCs are participants in the policy-development
> process, do you suppose?
>
> Personally I think it is a great first step, but it might have been a
> lot better to have a plain text message with absolutely no URLs and no
> advertising terms in it go out first that said "from now on, ARIN will
> reach you this way, please whitelist the source of this message".
>
> Matthew Kaufman