I think it would too subject to wild variance in what someone views as bad. Actual SPAM (viagra, Nigerian prices, etc.), of course. Industry-related SPAM, probably. Targeted marketing (looking for someone at Facebook, seeing someone from Facebook and tracking them down... or seeing someone at someone in a specific area or...) ehh, probably not ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Kulawiec" <rsk@gsp.org> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 3:47:03 PM Subject: Re: Vendors spamming NANOG attendees On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 05:47:23PM +0000, Mel Beckman wrote:
That still leaves the question: how to you invoke this financial punishment? Prohibit NANOG members from buying their products?
I don't think there's a mechanism to do that. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) However, I think it's feasible to construct a list and make it publicly available so that folks can consult it before making purchase decisions. ---rsk