I think it is only misleading if it isn't read completely. It's the same thing as a user getting a notification that your Virus protection has stopped them from getting a virus. Someone who doesn't read (or fully comprehend) the message completely, will call you, and wonder why they got a virus.....
Jason -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Ingram Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 8:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Domain Slamming - More Deception Maybe the tone is friendly, but the content sounds misleading. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Jason Newland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:56:01 -0500 Bill, I think you are missing the point of this Fax. I have seen similar ones from other companies, and the gist of the letter is that "since you own abc.com, we would like to notify you that the .US domain extension has arrived, and to avoid some other company (possibly a competitor) securing this name first, we are notifying you of your ability to purchase the abc.us domain from us" The notice of Domain Extention, doesn't mean extending the expire date on your domain... Think of it of a friendly pre-sales letter. Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Beach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:45 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] OT: Domain Slamming - More Deception > FYI & FWIW: > > I received today an "Urgent Notice of Domain Extension" fax from > Domain Support Group, 511 Avenue of the Americas, #60 New York, NY > 10011-8436 for one of my domains. The funny thing is that it has the > .US TLD instead of .COM which is what we registered. In fact, > according to Netsol and GoDaddy, > the domain they want me to extend is still available. Their website > (www.domainsupportgroup.net) has all kinds of links to ICANN resources > which, in my opinion, are just to make themselves look legit (they > spelled procedure wrong too). Also, they're not listed as an > accredited InterNIC registrar and according to the Better Business > Bureau, "This organization has recently come to the Bureau's > attention. We are attempting to develop information on the company. At > the present time we do not have enough information to issue a report." > > I guess Verisign/Netsol isn't the only company trying to pull this > crap. > > (sorry for the length) > > -b > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ -- -- Mind Information Systems LLC Technical Support Staff Jonathan Ingram Phone: (559)730-3600 Web: <http://www.mindinfo.com/tech_support/> -- -- Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
