I think completely blocking spamming may be an impossible task, in addition billing them may be much more difficult that the spammers are intelligent enough these days that they use methods to hide themselves, but I think the solution is to make another e-mail address that may be used for domain management (like [EMAIL PROTECTED]) such email address is the used one in domain registration and that appears in the whois, such way you may easily filter messages in that account to block all emails that come from anyone else other than those coming from the domain registration company you used to register your domain with and other related sites as the opensrs emails for example, I think this may help to block many but not all as you may be shocked by a spammer who send you from [EMAIL PROTECTED] and tells you "Is Your Mortgage Payment Too High? Reduce It Now" or "How to increase your credit limit" and so on.
Best Regards, Ramy Nabil Swerve wrote: > >> Essentially, what I'm talking about is two to five days after you register a > >> domain name, you already start receiving e-mail solicitations about > >> different products and or services. > > > > This is normal. > > from m-w.com > Normal = > > 2 a : according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or > principle b : conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern > 3 : occurring naturally > > Yes, there is a regular pattern of spamming these days.� There's also� other > regular patterns in society that occur regularly that might fit the > definition of normal, but are irritating, destructive and anti-social.� I > don't think these regular events are normal in the way that most people use > the word normal. > > The problem as i see it is Spamming.� The solution is to make spamming > illegal and charge fines per spam, say $10. per illegal spam for repeat > offenders.� And for those who cry out that spamming or as some call it, > "Direct Marketing", is an important part of business, then the use of > legitimate, email verified opt-in lists is the way to give direct marketers > and consumers who like them the opportunity to use them. > > For those like myself, that detest Spam for many reasons, i and others like > me will be spared the onslaught because i have not opted in. > > Of course, some will think it's impossible to stop Spam.� Not so.� Charge > fines, seize assets, follow the digital money trails.� The money collected > can be used to go after other spammers. > > Go after spammers long enough and educate the public about it's wasteful > effects, and one day the amount of spamming will decrease, not increase. > > I can't see any legitimate reason for Icann to sell these lists. > > Peace out. > > Swerve > > > From: "wxWeb.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 22:05:31 -0700 > > To: "Charles Edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Domain Question > > > > Saturday, May 18, 2002, 9:26:41 PM, Charles Edmunds wrote: > > > >> This may seem to be an off of the topic question, however, I feel that this > >> may be the right place to ask about it. > > > >> Once a person registers a domain name, does this information stay private or > >> does this information become available to any and everyone that wants it. > > > > Yes, it is available. > > > >> Essentially, what I'm talking about is two to five days after you register a > >> domain name, you already start receiving e-mail solicitations about > >> different products and or services. > > > > This is normal. > > > >> My first question:� Is this allowed?� What's Tucows policy on this sort of > >> thing. > > > > The policy is set by ICANN. > > > >> Second question:� How do people get access to this sort of list?� Is this > >> public property available from ICANN or do people simply sell their registry > >> list to the highest bidder? > > > > Generally they can tell a new domain registration by checking the zone > > files daily, and then doing a whois on it. > > > >> Third:� If this is public information, shouldn't the be a way to choose to > >> opt-out when you register your domain name, instead of having to manually > >> unsubscribe from each spammer that sends you information? > > > > No, there is no way to opt out of whois, nor should there be, and if > > you opted out of the dns zone files, then your domain would stop > > working. > > > >> If anyone could give me some more insight into this, I would greatly > >> appreciate it. > > > > Hope that helps understand the process anyway. > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > > OpenSRS installation and customizations > > Payment Processing Integration > > Apache Installation and Support Services > > http://www.wxsoft.com/ > >
