Salesmen: ARIN Records are NOT Leads

Wed Dec 19 18:21:37 UTC 2018

I got to a point a few years ago that anyone who finds my contact info
anywhere on the internet and wants to sell me something is going to spam
me, and there's nothing I can do about it. I just utilize the blocking /
ignore functions of $platform and go about my day.

At one time I did have a devious hold/transfer loop of doom setup on the
company PBX that came in handy for trolling annoying sales calls, but I
don't have access the company one now, and setting up my own for the same
lulz is way too close to actual work for my tastes.

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 1:10 PM Ross Tajvar <ross at tajvar.io> wrote:

> After setting up my ASN, I received unsolicited emails from NTT and calls
> from Cogent. Fortunately I haven't gotten anything (or at least anything
> that I noticed) on LinkedIn.
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 12:58 PM Brielle Bruns <bruns at 2mbit.com wrote:
>
>> On 12/19/2018 9:58 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
>> > On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 09:49:29AM -0700, Brielle Bruns wrote:
>> >> Every time I post to NANOG, I get multiple LinkedIn link requests or
>> e-mails
>> >> about selling my excess gear.  It's getting old real quick.
>> >
>> > I recommend:
>> >
>> >       Connect:linkedin.com    ERROR:5.7.1:"550 Mail refused"
>> >       From:linkedin.com       ERROR:5.7.1:"550 Mail refused"
>> >
>> > Salt to taste for your environment/MTA, but since the spammers running
>> > LinkedIn seem very unlikely to stop, this appears to be the optimal
>> > way to conserve bandwidth and time.
>> >
>> > ---rsk
>> >
>>
>>
>> Except you know, those of us who actually use LinkedIn for professional
>> contacts and all.  I don't mind connecting with people as long as I've
>> actually talked with you before on some professional level.
>>
>> It does have some nice features for connecting on a business level, just
>> people are abusing the shit out of it.
>> --
>> Brielle Bruns
>> The Summit Open Source Development Group
>> http://www.sosdg.org    /     http://www.ahbl.org
>>
>>
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