There is no cost at the moment. Probably never will be. Its
a way to stick it to the spammers until the whois landscape
is overhauled.
I say "probably" just to keep options open (in case the thing
suddenly gets 10 million users or we merge it with Napster)
But at the end of the day it was not designed to be a revenue stream.
-mark
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Very cool.
>
> swerve
>
> what's the cost?
>
> > From: Mark Jeftovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:19:27 -0400 (EDT)
> > To: Charles Daminato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discuss-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: RE: ANTISPAM BATTLE PLAN (Was Bizland spam)
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Charles Daminato wrote:
> >
> >> Opposite of "blacklisted"
> >>
> >> Spam filters will put domains on a blacklist to deny...
> >>
> >> myprivacy works in reverse. It will ONLY allow email from domains that are
> >> whitelisted
> >>
> >
> > Well it doesn't "disallow" per se mail that isn't whitelisted, it sends
> > out a bounce to the sender tha requires them to reply to it. If they
> > don't, you never get the message.
> >
> > Its an extra step that spambots and harvesters can't negotiate if they're
> > spoofing headers, and if its somebody who doesn't know you its a minor
> > extra step to open communications with you based on your whois record.
> >
> > -mark
> >
> >> Charles Daminato
> >> OpenSRS Product Manager
> >> Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Sent: September 6, 2001 9:58 AM
> >>> To: Mark Jeftovic; Colin Viebrock
> >>> Cc: Discuss-List
> >>> Subject: Re: ANTISPAM BATTLE PLAN (Was Bizland spam)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> what's "whitelisted" ?
> >>>
> >>>> From: Mark Jeftovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:14:46 -0400 (EDT)
> >>>> To: Colin Viebrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discuss-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>> Subject: Re: ANTISPAM BATTLE PLAN (Was Bizland spam)
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Colin Viebrock wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>> I think this is a HOT HOT issue - offering privacy to clients
> >>> is a great
> >>>>>> value added feature
> >>>>>> worth staying with a Registar who offers it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Agreed. In fact, this is already being offered by 3rd parties, us for
> >>>>> instance at http://www.myprivacy.ca
> >>>>>
> >>>>> (Shameless, I know!)
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I've been meaning to mention here that we are also willing to whitelist
> >>>> any resellers whose parent registrar is also whitelisted at myprivacy.ca
> >>>>
> >>>> So that means Tucows resellers can be whitelisted there, see the
> >>>> "registrars" section of the site.
> >>>>
> >>>> -mark
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> mark jeftovic
> >>>> http://www.easydns.com
> >>>> http://mark.jeftovic.net
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > mark jeftovic
> > http://www.easydns.com
> > http://mark.jeftovic.net
> >
> >
>
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