I received about 30 copies of the same email below. (I have the same email
address for many of my domains)
I reported it to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and all the abuse email addresses for
the uplinks between oemmail.com and tucows.
I also reported it the RBL Black Hole List, hopefully they will block these
spammers.
If opensrs is selling their whois Database to spammers, I think they will
be in for a lot
of lawsuits, and complaints. It is a really low thing to do.
Can you not code it, so the email addresses are hidden in the whois output?
Or must we put fake emails, and then never forget the manage login and
password?
I already put fake phone numbers in the domains, so I do not get people
calling and soliciting me.
I would rather not have to put fake emails too, but I don't see any other
choice
Unless you :
A ) stop selling your whois database
B ) take steps to protect the data, like hiding the email address in the
whois output
Duane
At 11:25 AM 4/25/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all-
>
>I think this has been discussed before, but I don't recall there being any
>resolution. Late last week I registered a domain for a client who is
>pretty tech-savvy and today I received a message from him stating that
>someone was already spamming him based on that registration.
>
>Here is a copy of the message he received (details replaced with 'XXX'):
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:43 PM
>To: XXX
>Subject: [RE:] Domain Name: XXX.COM
>
>
>
>Hello,
>
>We've just been notified that you have purchased XXX.com. Great!
>
>Now that you have your domain, wouldn't it be GREAT to have
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]?
>Wouldn't it even be better if you could offer FREE web-based email for your
>visitors?
>
>Well now you can! For FREE!!! Using our web-based email, you will:
>
> � Generate more revenue for your company!
> � Get FREE advertising for your company!
> � Increase the value of your domain name!
> � Improve the "stickiness" of your site!
> � And best of all, get email ASAP!
>
>Go to http://oemmail.com/ to get started.
>
>AOL users <a href="http://oemmail.com/";>CLICK HERE</a>
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>We believe this is a useful tool and hope you can take
>advantage. If you would prefer not to receive email
>from us, please reply to this email with the word
>"remove" within the subject line.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>OemMail.com
>
>
>
>I informed him that he ought to consider using a different email address
>for domain registrations to make it easy to filter out spam.
>
>My concern is that this sort of message could be confusing to the retail
>consumers of our site who get the same service from us. We do let them
>know that their registration info is public and that they may get spammed
>at their registration address(es), but I'm left looking for a better solution.
>
>-Russ
>
>
