Roger B.A. Klorese wrote on Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:59:17 -0800: > Explain to me how sending me a private > URL to update my data is going to help any of those folks. >
F.i. if "they" send you such a thing and turn it into a transfer request? Or just trick you in viewing a porn page/exploit whatever page you would have avoided if it weren't a request to check your data? *You* surely would notice that it's not a legitimate mail, but others? Remember, this means that it is *guaranteed* that all com/net and whatever TLD owners get a message of this kind *each* year. What a nonsense. It means a guaranteed target vector for spamming. And those spams will have a chance to be looked at ... It will greatly increase support requests and will make people wary about the legitimacy of the request. I wonder, though, depending on how Tucows makes them appear, if they might get caught in spam filters around the world ... Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com IE-Center: http://ie5.de & http://msie.winware.org
