complia...@arin.net Refer back to an email John Curran sent to this list on Jan 6 2020 , "Suspension of Cogent access to ARIN Whois"
On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 11:29 AM Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote: > This morning I received an email from someone at Cogent asking about an > ASN I administer. They didn’t give any details, but I assumed it might be > related to some kind of network transport issue. I replied cordially, > asking them what they needed. The person then replied with a blatant spam, > advertising Cogent IP services, in violation of the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act’s > prohibition against deceptive UCE. > > I believe they got the contact information from ARIN, because the ARIN > technical POC is the only place where my name and the ASN are connected. I > believe this is a violation of Cogent’s contract with ARIN. Does anybody > know how I can effectively report this to ARIN? If we can’t even police > infrastructure providers for spamming, LIOAWKI. > > -mel beckman
