[AusNOG] Spamming list posters

[Damian Guppy]

One of those such unsolicited commercial offers was (perhaps accidentally)
posted to the list publicly within the last few days. It wasn't even really
on topic.

--Damian

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 9:26 AM, James Hodgkinson <yaleman at ricetek.net>
wrote:

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