I would also like to make another suggestion:

That where the RIPE has to manually verify an abuse mailbox, the costs of that verification should be levelled against the resource holder as a fee, for example: $2 per IPv4 address

and,

failing manual verification, that a countdown be implemented and sent to the abuse mailbox, in the form of: "Click here within 7 days to ensure your resources are not de-registered" and then if they fail to click that link, the automatic de-registering of the IP address/resources, and the immediate sale of that IPv4 address/space to the highest bidder.

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On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 12:01 AM Petrit Hasani <phasani@ripe.net> wrote:
Dear colleagues,

A new version of RIPE policy proposal, 2019-04, "Validation of
"abuse-mailbox"", is now available for discussion.

This proposal aims to have the RIPE NCC validate "abuse-c:" information
more often and introduces a new validation process.

Most of the text has been rewritten following the last round of
discussion and the proposal is now at version 3.0. Some key points in
this version:

- The abuse-mailbox should not force the sender to use a form
- The validation process must ensure that the abuse mailbox is able to
receive messages
- The validation should happen at least every six months

You can find the full proposal at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2019-04

As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this
four-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide
feedback to the proposer.

At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposer, with the agreement of
the Anti-Abuse Working Group Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the
proposal.

We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to
<anti-abuse-wg@ripe.net> before 27 May 2020.

Kind regards,
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Petrit Hasani
Policy Officer
RIPE NCC