I've been doing this for a year and a half now. Check out http://www.it.ca/services/addressprivacy for details. If there's interest in getting a "generic" or brandable version of these tools, I'd be happy to modify them for general use.
Or you could just use myprivacy.ca, if that suits your needs. As for OpenSRS offering something like this ... no, I don't think that would be right. This kind of mail forwarding service is an *Internet* service, and is best provided by Internet Service Providers. If OpenSRS were to offer this type of thing, they'd be opening a large, densely packed can of worms. They do a good job of being a registrar. Let's not ask them to be an email provider. p On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 08:31:02AM -0700, Brian J. France wrote: > > I am a old Doster Customer and never bothered trying to stop their spam > after transferring all my domains over. This is a interesting service, > would other people be interested if OpenSRS had something like this? > > Brian > ---- > > Dear Dotster Customer, > > Are you tired of getting SPAM e-mail? Dotster has just launched a new > service > to help called SPAM-Shield. To celebrate, we're offering it FREE on > all new > domain name registrations through October 16th! Plus, for existing > domain names, > it's only $2.95! That's a 50% savings off the normal price. To sign up > before > the promotion ends, visit http://web.dotster.com/spamshield/ > > Why do you need SPAM-Shield? > ---------------------------- > Did you know that every time you register a domain name your personal > information is made available to anyone who wants it? It's the law -- > your registration > information has to be made available to the public through the WHOIS > database. > > Unfortunately, this creates a gold mine for spammers and other people > up to no > good. Spammers mine data from the WHOIS database to find your e-mail > address > and then use it to send you SPAM. Or, they simply sell your information > to the > highest bidder. Either way, your inbox ends up flooded with junk. > > Now you can do something about it with Dotster's new SPAM-Shield > service! > > How does it work? > ----------------- > With SPAM-Shield, we set up a safe and secure e-mail address for you and > display it in place of your real e-mail address in the WHOIS database. > Incoming > e-mails to the SPAM-Shield address are SPAM filtered and then delivered > to the > e-mail address you provide. Plus, for even more protection from WHOIS > database > miners, we automatically change your SPAM-Shield e-mail address every > ten days. The > result? No more domain-related SPAM in your inbox! > > Stop domain-related SPAM from landing in your inbox! Stop data miners > from > selling your personal information! > Visit http://web.dotster.com/spamshield/ to learn more and sign up > today. > > ----------------- > > We hope you enjoyed receiving this e-mail from Dotster. However, if you > would > prefer not to receive updates such as this in the future, please reply > to this > e-mail with the word Remove in the subject line. Thank you. > -- Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Operations / Abuse / Whatever +1 416 598-0000 it.canada - hosting and development http://www.it.ca/
