Microsoft Corporate Postmaster Contact?

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Jay Stewart wrote:

> This may not be much of a help, but can be a good
resource for data when
> dealing with mail issues regarding MS.
> 
> https://p
ostmaster.live.com/snds/index.aspx
> 
> Of course, you need a Valid MSN "passport"
for registration. . . . . sigh. .

sigh...? Sign up for a free Windows Live Mail (Hotmail)
account, and
bingo, you have a Passport login. Hardly a show-stopper. 

-- 
Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl **
Linux/*BSD/Windows
Victorville, California     PGP:0xE3AE35ED

It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the
living room.

I don't think it should ever be acceptable to have to 'sign
up' to 
report a security/network problem.

Steve Sobol wroteth on 12/18/2006 3:10 PM:
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Jay Stewart wrote:
> 
>> This may not be much of a help, but can be a good
resource for data when
>> dealing with mail issues regarding MS.
>>
>> https://p
ostmaster.live.com/snds/index.aspx
>>
>> Of course, you need a Valid MSN
"passport" for registration. . . . . sigh. .
> 
> sigh...? Sign up for a free Windows Live Mail (Hotmail)
account, and
> bingo, you have a Passport login. Hardly a
show-stopper. 
> 

On Dec 18, 2006, at 3:39 PM, S. Ryan wrote:

>
> I don't think it should ever be acceptable to have to
'sign up' to  
> report a security/network problem.

You don't. That's not what SNDS is. It's a feedback loop
sort of thing, a la scomp (and not at all relevant to the
original posters question, I don't think, but without more
information, who can say?).

> Steve Sobol wroteth on 12/18/2006 3:10 PM:
>> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Jay Stewart wrote:
>>> This may not be much of a help, but can be a
good resource for  
>>> data when
>>> dealing with mail issues regarding MS.
>>>
>>> https://p
ostmaster.live.com/snds/index.aspx
>>>
>>> Of course, you need a Valid MSN
"passport" for  
>>> registration. . . . . sigh. .
>> sigh...? Sign up for a free Windows Live Mail
(Hotmail) account, and
>> bingo, you have a Passport login. Hardly a
show-stopper.

Cheers,
   Steve

On 12/18/06, S. Ryan <ausermind.net> wrote:
>
> I don't think it should ever be acceptable to have to
'sign up' to
> report a security/network problem.

Apples and oranges -- this isn't signing up to report a
security issue.

SNDS is Microsoft provindg you data regarding what they can
see about
your IPs sending mail to Microsoft's networks. It certainly
appears to
be optional. If you are an ISP or somebody else sending any
sort of
significant amount of mail, it can be very useful. I've
found it quite
helpful.

In theory, the point of registration is to track which data
is given
to whom, to prevent abuse. When/if you choose to apply,
somebody at a
published network administrator address will be sent an
email
requesting permission to give the registered user access to
the data.

Regards,
Al Iverson
ExactTarget
-- 
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, S. Ryan wrote:


> I don't think it should ever be acceptable to have to
'sign up' to 
> report a security/network problem.

That's not what SNDS is for. 

"Welcome to Smart Network Data Services
Windows Live Mail Postmaster is proud to introduce Smart
Network Data 
Services as a brand new way to fight spam--part of a larger
and ongoing 
effort to be an active participant in the email community. 
By providing 
mail traffic data, as seen by all the domains hosted by
Windows Live Mail 
and Hotmail, to IP block owners (ISPs, in a broad sense),
organizations 
are empowered to prevent spam from originating from their IP
space.  
Together, we can all do our part to take back email from the
spammers.  
For more details, please see our Frequently Asked Questions
page."

I came in in the middle of the discussion, and haven't read
the top of the 
thread yet, but if you're looking to resolve security
issues, SNDS is not 
the place to go.

-- 
Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl **
Linux/*BSD/Windows
Victorville, California     PGP:0xE3AE35ED

It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the
living room.