spam, what to do:)

Wed Oct 9 17:15:15 UTC 2002

Well we do have a no spam policy listed on the web site and we do stick 
to it, its not there just for looks.  I like the idea though of a 
termination fee, good idea!

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, John M. Brown wrote:

> Id post this to a different list..  NANOG has hashed spam to death
> and its really no longer the place to post about it.
> 
> That aside....
> 
> I'd set a policy and put it in your AUP, there is some legal
> exposure for not doing that.
> 
> I'd also enforce your AUP equally each time, and you may wish
> to put a "SPAM Termination Fee" as a liquidated damages statement.
> Make it large enough to deter, and worth wild going after them if
> they abuse or damage your network addresses...
> 
> precious little IP life forms....  to the tune of Data singing..
> 
> john
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 11:21:50PM -0700, Scott Granados wrote:
> > 
> > My question is this.  The company I work for has a no spam policy.  
> > Sometimes users do and of course we shut them off.  My own feelings asside 
> > its what is considered proper in the isp community so we do it with out 
> > question.  However, what is the best policy and procedure to prevent 
> > people from spamming in the first place and secondly if they do and get 
> > terminated fix the damage done.  I have no desire to support spam or 
> > enable spammers but there are bad users and sometimes they do.  Any 
> > positive advise on dealing with these guys above just turning them off 
> > would be helpful.
> > 
> > 
> 