Your assumption seems to be "the RIPE NCC is responsible for all evil in the world". You might want to reconsider this position.
No that is NOT my assumption. But I do see a certain arrogance on the part of RIPE WG chairs, and RIPE NCC staff. We're all human and make mistakes once in a while, but when you take responsibility for doing a particular job that serves other people, you have to be seen to be helpful. In any case, I did make some wrong assumptions from your first email because you did not explain that it could be a SPAM filter issue, and that looking for the announcement email would be a good check to see if filtering was taking place. Your idea was a good one although I would hope that the RIPE NCC staff do check to see whether they sent out the LIR emails that Hank claims he did not receieve. --Michael Dillon