RE: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread James Thomas
He has spammed by responding to posts that people have made in the past, he is still trolling I guess. James -Original Message- From: Nick Hilliard [mailto:n...@foobar.org] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 9:01 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Spam from Telx So, anyone else get spammed

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Nick Hilliard wrote: So, anyone else get spammed by Telx after posting to nanog? This is massively unprofessional. Yep - just got one a few minutes ago. I was just getting ready to spin up my trolling-for-business-by-scraping-addresses-from-nanog-is-bad-mojo response.

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Sven Olaf Kamphuis
\o/ i got one too, i'll put a bunch of sales droids on this George from telx right away to make him an offer in return *grin* (this is how you treat ppl trying to sell you something in an aggressive manner, you just have your people try to sell -them- something in return ;) On Fri, 17 Feb

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Grant Ridder
Ya, i got a message 2 days ago from them. It was very vague. Only 2 sentences. -Grant On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Justin M. Streiner strei...@cluebyfour.org wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Nick Hilliard wrote: So, anyone else get spammed by Telx after posting to nanog? This is

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Sven Olaf Kamphuis wrote: \o/ i got one too, i'll put a bunch of sales droids on this George from telx right away to make him an offer in return *grin* I did respond directly to him, and got a somewhat indignant response back, stating that he had no idea what I was

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Charles Mills
I didn't even respond. I think many of these high-pressure-aggressive-types always have an answer like that conveniently vague enough as to give them an out. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Justin M. Streiner strei...@cluebyfour.org wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Sven Olaf Kamphuis wrote:

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Charles Mills wrote: I didn't even respond. I think many of these high-pressure-aggressive-types always have an answer like that conveniently vague enough as to give them an out. I did mention to him that such tactics were likely to create a large group of people who

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
In other words he bought a list of leads. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Justin M. Streiner strei...@cluebyfour.org wrote: I did respond directly to him, and got a somewhat indignant response back, stating that he had no idea what I was talking about and that my contact information had come

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: In other words he bought a list of leads. Possibly, albeit a poorly screened list of leads. jms On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Justin M. Streiner strei...@cluebyfour.org wrote: I did respond directly to him, and got a somewhat indignant

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Sven Olaf Kamphuis
needless to say their own website is slow as poo through a coffee filter :P reminds me of the isdn days :P -- Greetings, Sven Olaf Kamphuis, CB3ROB Ltd. Co. KG = Address: Koloniestrasse 34 VAT Tax ID:

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Sven Olaf Kamphuis
we have something exitig happening at telx! we are now connected to the backbone through a 128kbit/s adsl line! -- Greetings, Sven Olaf Kamphuis, CB3ROB Ltd. Co. KG = Address: Koloniestrasse 34 VAT Tax ID:

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Leigh Porter
No he didnt. The one he sent to me actually included part of the thread he picked me up from. I told him the most exciting thing he could do is to not spam me again. Poor guy, did nobody tell him? -- Leigh Porter On 17 Feb 2012, at 15:11, Justin M. Streiner strei...@cluebyfour.org wrote:

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Mark Andrews wrote: I did respond directly to him, and got a somewhat indignant response back, stating that he had no idea what I was talking about and that my contact information had come from an opt in email broker. It's going to be one of those days It's a little

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Charles Mills
I've been getting voicemails from someone, leaving a first name only saying they have question that only I can answer. Dangling bait like that is a big red flag so they don't get a callback. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Justin M. Streiner strei...@cluebyfour.org wrote: On Sat, 18 Feb

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Justin M. Streiner strei...@cluebyfour.org said: On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Sven Olaf Kamphuis wrote: \o/ i got one too, i'll put a bunch of sales droids on this George from telx right away to make him an offer in return *grin* I did respond directly to him, and got a somewhat

RE: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
So, anyone else get spammed by Telx after posting to nanog? This is massively unprofessional. Nick Yep. I shot a complaint to customerserv...@telx.com. Assuming Mr. Fitzpatrick does not control that portion of the company, it may be of value for other recipients of his spam to do the

Re: Spam from Telx

2012-02-17 Thread John Levine
In article 4f3e5d8d.60...@foobar.org you write: So, anyone else get spammed by Telx after posting to nanog? Yes. -- Regards, John Levine, jo...@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of The Internet for Dummies, Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly