We've actually just hired a team of censors to make sure that all statements
made to this list are coincidental with our corporate values.
Which leads me to another point, ****** *** ******* ***** * ****** ***
******* *** **** *** ***.
I'm sure you'll all agree.
;)
-rwr
Tucows Inc.
t. 416.538.5492
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael L. Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Michael L. Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Russ
Goodwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: Marketing to our customers
> my remarks were seriously edited!!! Were you aware that our remarks are
> truncated and edited to suit the purposes of opensrs???
> need liquidation prices on servers, etc?
> call 1-800-873-9012
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael L. Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Russ Goodwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Marketing to our customers
>
>
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
