Hi!
Being totally honest to our customers, in a naturally spamming environment
like the web is essential. This means we post FAQ's that deal with truly
common concerns and issues. Registrations are a public event, and spamming
is the one certainty on the web. ICANN and most government agencies are
see,hear and tell no evil about this, and the laws in US are deliberately
loose. WE truly have no right to privacy on the web. Lets let our
customers know! I'm sure most of us do. Looking for a "better" solution
means increased government interference, heavier regs, etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Goodwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 8:25 AM
Subject: Marketing to our customers
> 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
>
>
>
>
