Let's start a public blacklist, sort of like a RBL reputation block list or 800notes.com, but for companies to "never to do business with" for spamming.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 06:11:41PM -0400, Martin Hannigan wrote: > This is overt and more than DB scraping IMHO. It's repulsive. > > Public pressure is the only way to police _this_. > > YMMV, > > -M< > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 4:30 PM Chuck Anderson <c...@wpi.edu> wrote: > > > Someone should tell them what happened to Cogent for scraping ARIN WHOIS. > > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 04:13:51PM -0400, Rodney Joffe wrote: > > > Under the heading of sales spam from our community that is in even > > poorer taste, and sucks: > > > > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > > > From: Josh Ankin <jan...@noction.com> > > > > Subject: BGP Management > > > > Date: March 25, 2020 at 3:39:02 PM EDT > > > > To: rjo...@centergate.com > > > > Reply-To: jan...@noction.com > > > > > > > > Hello Rodney, > > > > > > > > I know things are pretty hectic right now with COVID-19 precautions > > being taken everywhere. I hope it's not affecting your team too much, and > > most importantly, I hope everyone is safe. > > > > > > > > In recent months, I've been trying to bring your attention to BGP > > optimization. However, our solution's other notable features can be of > > utmost value at these uncertain times as the Internet traffic volumes and > > patterns change > > > > > > Etc Etc
