Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:01:25 +0100 (IST) From: "Brian Nisbet" <brian.nisbet@heanet.ie> To: anti-abuse-wg@ripe.net Reply-To: brian.nisbet@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/