Dear colleagues, Consensus has been reached on 2017-02, "Regular abuse-c Validation". This proposal gives the RIPE NCC a mandate to regularly validate "abuse-mailbox:" information and to follow up in cases where the attribute is deemed to be incorrect. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2017-02 The new RIPE Document is ripe-705 and is available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-705 The RIPE NCC has already begun preparations to implement this policy change. Details of the implementation status are available at: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/resource-management/policy-implemen... We will send another announcement once the implementation is complete and the regular validation is in place for all “abuse-mailbox:” attributes. Thank you to everyone who provided input. Kind regards, Marco Schmidt Policy Officer RIPE NCC