<div dir="ltr"><div>I think you totally misread his mail. It reads to me as a proposal to help you understand the processes used by many providers, not as a sales pitch. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US">-- <br>Volker A. Greimann<br>General Counsel and Policy Manager<br><b>KEY-SYSTEMS GMBH</b><br><br>T: +49 6894 9396901<br>M: +49 6894 9396851<br>F: +49 6894 9396851<br>W: </span><a href="http://www.key-systems.net/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">www.key-systems.net</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><br><br>Key-Systems GmbH is a company registered at the local court of Saarbruecken, Germany with the registration no. HR B 18835<br>CEO: Oliver Fries and Robert Birkner<br><br>Part of the CentralNic Group PLC (LON: CNIC) a company registered in England and Wales with company number 8576358.<br><br></span><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(248,249,250)">This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended only for the person(s) directly addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, transmission, distribution, or other forms of dissemination is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete this email with any files that may be attached.</span></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:12 PM Cynthia Revström via anti-abuse-wg <<a href="mailto:anti-abuse-wg@ripe.net">anti-abuse-wg@ripe.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>(intro)</div><div>Tobias Knecht sent me an email (which this is a reply to) abusing his position as co-chair in order to try to sell me services based on what I said on a mailing list.</div><div><br></div><div>(mainly towards Tobias)</div><div>Replying to me based on a mailing list post in order to try to sell me services is bad enough.</div><div>To do it as a co-chair and then to use the fact that you are co-chair as a selling point is much worse.</div><div><br></div><div>I find this utterly appalling behaviour from a co-chair of a working group, I didn't reach out to you, you weren't even in the thread at all.</div><div><br></div><div>also this:</div><div>> As a Co-Chair I didn't want to jump into the mix on the mailing list, that's why I'm reaching out to you directly.</div><div><br></div><div>I mean that is sort of the point of co-chairs generally speaking but yeah it is going to look bad if you are trying to sell something, because it is bad.</div><div><br></div><div>(mainly towards chair team and aa-wg chairs)</div><div>A co-chair of a working group should absolutely be warned or removed if they abuse their position to sell their services.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I also somehow doubt that this is the first time, I could be wrong, but idk why this would be the first time.</div><div><br></div><div>I hate it when for example Cogent sends me emails trying to sell me services despite me never having contacted them (outside of replying saying I am not interested).</div><div>But this is more like if the Cogent sales people were co-chairs of the db-wg.</div><div><br></div><div>Also with a subject like "RIPE AA-WG discussion" I initially thought it was actually about something I said or whatever, in his role as co-chair, it didn't appear like it was a sales email.</div><div><br></div><div>I have also CC'd the aa-wg and ripe list as this is too appalling to be held private.</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-Cynthia</div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 5:50 PM Tobias Knecht <<a href="mailto:tk@abusix.com" target="_blank">tk@abusix.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Hello Cynthia,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">my name is Tobias. I'm a Co-Chair of the Anti-Abuse Working Group and also Founder and CEO of Abusix.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">As a Co-Chair I didn't want to jump into the mix on the mailing list, that's why I'm reaching out to you directly. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">We at Abusix run Abuse Desk for dozens of Service Providers of any size and any type of product. From Cloud to DC-Services, Cable, and so on.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Happy to jump on a call and answer the questions you have and tell you about how our clients handle those things. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Feel free to reach out via email or just pick a time in my calendar: <a href="https://calendly.com/tobias-knecht/30min" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/tobias-knecht/30min</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Thanks and stay safe.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Tobias</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">-- </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><table style="height:134.025px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="height:15.3333px;max-height:15.3333px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" valign="top" height="15.3333" align="left"><table style="height:15.3333px;width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:1px;height:15.3333px;max-height:15.3333px;text-align:left;font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9.99997pt;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0)" height="15.3333" align="left"><p style="line-height:13.3333px;margin:0.1pt"><span style="white-space:nowrap;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9.99997pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Tobias Knecht</span></p></td><td style="width:1px;height:15.3333px;max-height:15.3333px;text-align:left;padding-left:3px;font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9.99997pt;color:black" height="15.3333" align="left"><p style="line-height:13.3333px;margin:0.1pt"><span style="white-space:nowrap;color:black;font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9.99997pt;text-decoration:none">Founder & CEO</span></p></td><td style="height:15.3333px;max-height:15.3333px" height="15.3333"><p style="margin:0.1pt;padding:0px;font-size:0px"> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="height:15.3333px;max-height:15.3333px;text-align:left;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9.99997pt;color:black" valign="baseline" height="15.3333" align="left"><table style="display:inline-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px 3px 0px 0px"><p style="line-height:13.3333px;margin:0.1pt"><span style="white-space:nowrap;color:black;font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9.99997pt;text-decoration:none">T.</span></p></td><td><p style="line-height:13.3333px;margin:0.1pt"><span style="white-space:nowrap;color:black;font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9.99997pt;text-decoration:none">+49 170 455 98 45</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="width:15px;height:15px;max-height:15px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" valign="top" height="15" align="left"><p style="line-height:0;margin:0.1pt;padding:0px;width:100%;height:15px"></p></td></tr><tr><td style="height:15.3333px;max-height:15.3333px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" valign="top" height="15.3333" align="left"><table style="height:15.3333px;width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:1px;height:15.3333px;max-height:15.3333px;text-align:left;font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9.99997pt;text-decoration:underline;color:black" height="15.3333" align="left"><p style="line-height:13.3333px;margin:0.1pt"><a href="https://cloud.letsignit.com/collect/bc/5fc946660b5c6b0008d672f1?p=3QW9LKZRNsNLctpv2M4xw66qtjrDbFHkRfe_Jo_T8nIlQuwLC6zZ9OH0kt1uknMTCaPgfev0DqYl37D4m9Ee4vsbDzR0i3-_vR79jccowDesvdhqrvzXzi6k_yA1omSOmnzd-c_2CqBfYJjJFgV9BQOpBRSRjC8wMv-fT3nwGx3tkMlHQ6jWt4ciVIkA_II6" style="text-decoration:underline;color:black" title="abusix.com" target="_blank"><span style="white-space:nowrap;color:black;font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9.99997pt;text-decoration:underline">abusix.com</span></a></p></td><td style="width:15px;height:15.3333px;max-height:15.3333px" height="15.3333"><p style="line-height:0;margin:0.1pt;padding:0px;width:15px;height:100%"></p></td><td style="width:1px;height:15.3333px;max-height:15.3333px;text-align:left;font-family:"trebuchet ms",geneva,ubuntu;font-size:9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