On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:41:17 -0700, William X. Walsh wrote:
Hi William,
Actually this one is because it effect all of us dealing with the .CA domains.
in your case
it is not a big deal as you are not reselling the .CA. It is this very reason the spam
is as bad as
it is in the first place in the US. If people would put their foot down and stand up
to their rights
the spam would be minimal. Instead it has grown to the point where everyone has come
to think
that it is ok to spam who they want when they feel like it. Normally on 90% of the
mail I do hit
the delete key. What makes this one different is the principle. Are you going to allow
someone
to use the domain database to start mass mailing you? If that is the case we could be
dealing
with 1000s of messages day, never from the same person that would be impossible to
filter out.
On top of that all those who have access to the database are not only mailing you but
your
clients and if your clients are pissed about the mail that effects you and your
business as well.
So everyone loses. We have a zero tolerance policy for spammers and if all ISPs and
hosting
companies would follow similar the the spam market would die in a heart beat. :-)
A bill should be passed that forces mailing list operators to verify via a
phone call and
with the an e-mail return verification encrypted system.
Regards,
...Darrell
>Hello Darrell,
>
>Is it really worth all the headache?
>
>Hit delete and go on.
>
>Sunday, June 10, 2001, 10:46:36 PM, Darrell Harder wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>
>> The other day I received mail from a .CA service because as they claim,
>
>>> You are receiving this email as a registered contact on one
>>> or more .ca domain names registered with Cxxxxxxn Dxxxxx
>>> Nxxx Sxxxxxxx Inc. ( http://xxxxx.ca ).
>> And on and on it goes about their services and future sales information.
>
>> The domain in question here was registered through HomeDNS and was
>> also paid for through HomeDNS. Yes, I am the Technical Contact: on the name
>> in question but the DNS is provider by the above company. What right do these
>> people have by misleading the domain owner that the domain is registered though
>> them by sending unsolicited e-mail? No where have I ever subscribed with these
>> people or ever want to. I get enough spam on a daily basis to last me for 2 hours
>> everyday from others.
>
>> I sent them a warning about spamming and they felt that they have the right
>> to mail me their information regarding their services. Now I ask, is this allowed?
>> Just where do host providers get off thinking they can just go ahead and start
>> mailing all the tech contacts when they feel like it. On top of that they think
>that
>> I should take it up with the domain owner. ??? huh!?! I mean I never opted
>> in to a list... so I don't understand the reasoning behind this. Also, they made
>> mention that "Our forms are automated with the CIRA database" in another
>> message when I confronted them about spamming. Is this allowed? Just where
>> do people draw the line when others think just because you use your name and
>> e-mail someplace that gives then the right to mail whom they please?
>
>> Is anyone else here mailing their domain holder clients and tech contacts
>> with their services? I would like to know just where and how far resellers or
>registrars
>> can go with this mail and claim it is not spam because they are listed someplace
>> as a tech, billing or admin contact on a domain. Maybe a policy that is in place
>> would be a great place for me to start so that something can be done about this.
>
>> I welcome all feedback on this issue and will reply as best I can. This is
>important
>> because if this is allowed then at what point is spam not spam. I understand the
>> meaning of spam as "unsolicited mass e-mail". Please correct me if this is wrong
>> and can supply a clearer explaination.
>
>> Regards,
>> ...Darrell
>
>> HomeDNS
>> http://www.homedns.com
>
>
>
>--
>Best regards,
>William X Walsh
>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Owner, Userfriendly.com
>Userfriendly.com Domains
>The most advanced domain lookup tool on the net
>
>
>
