Re: spam from upperside.fr

[Spencer Dawkins <spencer_dawkins@yahoo.com>]

To paraphrase Scott Bradner in Vienna, "no, no, and no".

In own my humble yet spectacularly correct (in this case)
personal opinion...

Spencer

--- Michael Sneed <sneedmike@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is surprising to me, and I only posed the question to
> determine the 
> extent of the problem.  If we are willing to tolerate "good
> spam", should we 
> also permit postings advertising printer cartridges, since
> most of us use 
> those occasionally as well?  Or maybe only posters advertising
> "high 
> quality" printer cartridges.  Does rejecting such postings
> require WG 
> consent?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> >From: Tom Taylor <taylor@nortelnetworks.com>
> >CC: Michael Sneed <sneedmike@hotmail.com>, wgchairs@ietf.org
> >Subject: Re: spam from upperside.fr
> >Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 13:35:16 -0500
> >
> >This link reminds of one aspect of the process where postings
> from 
> >non-members to Megaco became moderated: it was done with the
> consent of the 
> >members of the list.  Similarly, if you have had no
> complaints about 
> >Upperside but feel they are a nuisance, you should consult
> with your list 
> >on whether they think postings from Peter Lewis should be
> moderated.
> >
> >There was one point in the list of guidelines that worries
> me: the 
> >requirement that copies of rejected postings be retained for
> a reasonable 
> >period.  Maybe this comes under the "obvious irrelevance"
> exception, but 
> >when I go through the Megaco list of postings from outsiders,
> I use the 
> >Mailman web interface.  I tick off the ones to be deleted
> (most of them) 
> >and as far as I know, they disappear.  Does Mailman hang on
> to them at all, 
> >or should we screen-scrape any postings we are
> rejecting/deleting that seem 
> >like they may be controversial?
> >
> >Tom Taylor
> >
> >Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> >
> >>In message <BAY10-F6hGYeUOMfp2N0004d507@hotmail.com>,
> "Michael Sneed" 
> >>writes:
> >>
> >>>The adslmib list has been getting spammed recently by a
> "list member".  
> >>>This member is subscribed with the "nomail" flag set, and
> generally posts 
> >>>advertisements for conferences via "upperside.fr".
> >>>
> >>>We are apparently not the only recipients of these "gifts".
>  Has anyone 
> >>>else had a problem with these guys?  I have warned him, but
> it hasn't 
> >>>helped.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>See http://www.ietf.org/IESG/STATEMENTS/moderated-lists.txt
> >>
> >>You can also ask your AD to ask the IESG to ban the list
> member.
> >>
> >>
> >>		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
>
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