As was send several times over the last month:
1) They find the domain is new by access to the zone files, which is
free to anyone.
2) They get the domain contact info from whois, which is free to
anyone
3) The spam is not the result of data selling
4) There is no way of opting out of being in the dns zone files or the
whois, short of not registering domain names, which is always an
option.
Friday, April 27, 2001, 10:56:25 AM, John Payne wrote:
> I received a spam referencing one of my domains less than 72 hours
> after registering that domain.
> Spam headers:
> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Received: from cowmaster.domaincow.com (unknown [216.38.168.39])
> by haybaler.sackheads.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A0737FD
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 20:21:11 -0700 (PDT)
> Received: from nsi [216.38.168.58] by cowmaster.domaincow.com
> (SMTPD32-6.04) id A29E3C1D96; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:21:05 -0400
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:21:05 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [RE:] Domain Name: CBC-NET.NET
> X-Mailer: OEM New Domain Name Mailer
> X-SMTP-PEER: 216.38.168.39
> Content-Length: 908
> Lines: 30
> popensrs "done" message headers:
> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Received: from n3.opensrs.net (n3.opensrs.net [216.40.33.35])
> by haybaler.sackheads.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8324737F4
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 17:10:06 -0700 (PDT)
> Received: (from popensrs@localhost)
> by n3.opensrs.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA17899;
> Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:10:06 -0400
> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:10:06 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:
> X-SMTP-PEER: 216.40.33.35
> Content-Length: 101
> Lines: 12
> Several of my customers have received spam to addresses *ONLY EVER USED*
> to register domains through me.
> a) Has tucows sold the whois database to anyone
> b) Can we opt-out of any dataselling?
> c) How is the opt-in only going?
--
Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
