[AusNOG] Spamming list posters

[James Hodgkinson]

That's also how I read it - "if you want to take part in this community,
please have the common decency not to act like a spammer"

James


On Fri, 11 Dec 2015, at 11:24, Robert Hudson wrote:
> I took it from the wording of David's email that known subscribers
> were pestering other subscribers with sales offers after posts were
> made on relevant topics.
>
> Hard to take action against individuals concerned if they're not known
> to the list admins. :)
>
> On 11 December 2015 at 12:18, Andrew McN <andrew at mcnaughty.com> wrote:
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The mailing list archives are publicly available. e.g. your message is
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at http://lists.ausnog.net/pipermail/ausnog/2015-December/033915.html ,
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with limited, and presumably ineffective obfuscation of email addresses.
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That means that email addresses can be relatively easily harvested
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without subscription, so the list charter is irrelevant.  An Australian
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sender would still be regulated by the Spam Act 2003, but not so for an
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offshore spammer.
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Perhaps the web archives should be restricted to logged in users?
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Regards,
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Andrew McNaughton
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On 11/12/15 10:17, David Hughes wrote:
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> Morning all,
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>
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> It has come to our attention that some members of the list are
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> continuing the unwanted practice of spamming people who post to the
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> list.  If someone posts to the list about an issue it does not give
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> another list member the right to spam them offering their commercial
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> services.   The list charter specifically states :
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>
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> "This is NOT a forum for journalists to pick up leads, sales people to
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> sell things, end-users to pester their ISP, or bush lawyers to posit
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> their beliefs. Such behaviour will not be tolerated (see "Moderation"
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> below)."
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>
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> If you are not familiar with the charter please see the link
> below.  If
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> we continue to receive complaints of this nature we will take further
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> action against the individuals concerned.
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> http://www.ausnog.net/mailing_list/charter
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> Thanks
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>
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> David - on behalf of the moderators
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> ...
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