Tom, Thanks for that pointer! apparently cogent has a history of abuse.
-mel On Oct 2, 2023, at 8:34 AM, Tom Beecher <beec...@beecher.cc> wrote: complia...@arin.net<mailto: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<mailto: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
