TO any XO types here... If you act on this one problem--- Take a look see here: http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=xo.com&-nothing=Search http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/listings.lasso?isp=xo.net&-nothing=Search There are more than 30 entries of Known SPAM and at least 15 of which has been identified as having SPAM business models.... Anyway.. J

-----Original Message----- From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared@puck.Nether.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 4:07 PM To: Rick Ernst Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: XO Salestrolls

Perhaps people should post an as-path regex that will filter out this spam?

I believe I got one also from someone at XO and i did get a response from abuse@ saying they were educating the person but .. <conspiracy-theory-mode-on> that could just be cover to prevent them from being blacklisted</conspiracy-theory-mode>

- jared

On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 12:54:51PM -0700, Rick Ernst wrote:

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My abuse complaint to XO/Concentric got a auto-responder and

that's it.

...

It would be nice to know when somebody actually feels the clue-bat.

Of course, I feel so special knowing that my single-box

personal server/domain

...

could use a DS-3.

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 bdragon@gweep.net wrote:

:> :>I'm now (at least) the second person to be spammed by Scott Davis :>with XO, who is mining the nanog list looking for marks. :> :>I'ld recommend that those of you who do business with XO ask to :>not having anything to do with Scott Davis. Hopefully losing :>a few accounts will reeducate him into more ethical business :>practices. :>

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