[Sysops-list] [Fwd: hi]

[Gaurab Raj Upadhaya]

Aadish Shrestha wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> Sorry, probably I was not clear enough.  I meant to ask whether you
> people are receiving such emails or not and how you guys are handling it
> (not technically), but in terms of policy.  I'm not aware of any
> rule/regulation that defines actions against spammers in context of
> Nepal. So as an organization how do you handle such spam ? 

You are right, as of now there is nothing legal to catch spammers. and 
even with anti-SPAM regulations in different countries (US, EU mostly), 
it can take time to prosecute spammers.

You can choose to use a blacklist, or make your own rules depending upon 
what volumes of spam u get. It's your network that someone is abusing, 
and you are within your rights to protect your network using whatever 
policy/tools u want to use.

> Ask the organization generating spam to stop spamming and black list if
> the request is not acknowledged ? ignore it and let the anti spam
> software handle it ? Promote it by forwarding such spam to your
> friends ?

if you categorize something as spam, instead of contacting the offending 
parties (which never works - rather it verifies your e-mail address for 
them), u probably report them to community lists (and also add to your 
own block list.).

thanks

  -- gaurab