Simon Byrnand wrote:
Sorry, but that doesn't wash with me, or I suspect most members of the list. Spam is Spam whether its trying to sell me Viagra or Bandwidth. Anybody that received that mailout (fortunately I didn't) who had no previous business dealings with Net4U could be legitimately annoyed by it. The sample "message" appeared to be addressed to soa@ which suggests it might have been taken from domain or APNIC contact details.
That's the whole point - and if it looks like spam and smells like spam, then lo and behold, it is a spam. The alarming thing is that Net4U just don't *get it*. Subsequent to this morning's post to nznog, I received the following "add insult to injury" message from Net4U. Keith Davidson _______________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sahil Gupta - NET4U LIMITED" <sgupta(a)net4u.co.nz> To: "Keith Davidson" <@wise.net.nz> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [nznog] APE Peering
I was unaware that Wise Net was actually at the APE as routes for Wise Net seem to be coming from Orcon Internet.
However, if you're keen drop me a line.
Regards,
Sahil Gupta Senior Account Manager NET4U LIMITED