[anti-abuse-wg] RIPE 57: Anti Abuse WG Minutes
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Thor Kottelin
thor at anta.net
Wed May 6 12:35:08 CEST 2009
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:01:25 +0100 (IST) > From: "Brian Nisbet" <brian.nisbet at heanet.ie> > To: anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net > Reply-To: brian.nisbet at heanet.ie > RIPE 57 Meeting Dubai > Anti-Abuse Working Group > Wednesday, 28 October 2008, 13:30 > There was a comment that there was currently a spam initiative from > Microsoft and some ISPs to bring those who are spamming to court. > They are > also making a database of spammers. There is also a German > initiative to create a “white list” because people sometimes want > advertising and this allows companies to send advertising and not > have it > considered as spam. > > Brian said that he had seen initiatives like this and hopefully it > will > reduce instances of phishing. He added that the challenge is that > people > are quick to report spam and this affects genuine advertisers. Thank you for posting the minutes. There is one thing I have difficulty understanding: for which definition of "genuine advertisers" are such advertisers affected by having (their?) spam reported? -- Thor Kottelin http://www.anta.net/
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