[EXT] Shining a light on ambulance chasers - Noction

[cra at WPI.EDU (Chuck Anderson)]

Let's start a public blacklist, sort of like a RBL reputation block list or 800notes.com, but for companies to "never to do business with" for spamming.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 06:11:41PM -0400, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> This is overt and more than DB scraping IMHO. It's repulsive.
> 
> Public pressure is the only way to police _this_.
> 
> YMMV,
> 
> -M<
> 
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 4:30 PM Chuck Anderson <cra at wpi.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Someone should tell them what happened to Cogent for scraping ARIN WHOIS.
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 04:13:51PM -0400, Rodney Joffe wrote:
> > > Under the heading of sales spam from our community that is in even
> > poorer taste, and sucks:
> > >
> > >
> > > Begin forwarded message:
> > >
> > > > From: Josh Ankin <jankin at noction.com>
> > > > Subject: BGP Management
> > > > Date: March 25, 2020 at 3:39:02 PM EDT
> > > > To: rjoffe at centergate.com
> > > > Reply-To: jankin at noction.com
> > > >
> > > > Hello Rodney,
> > > >
> > > > I know things are pretty hectic right now with COVID-19 precautions
> > being taken everywhere. I hope it's not affecting your team too much, and
> > most importantly, I hope everyone is safe.
> > > >
> > > > In recent months, I've been trying to bring your attention to BGP
> > optimization. However, our solution's other notable features can be of
> > utmost value at these uncertain times as the Internet traffic volumes and
> > patterns change
> > >
> > > Etc Etc