On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 18:46, Marc Perkel wrote: > > Martin Gregorie wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 17:05, Marc Perkel wrote: > > > > > Is there an easy way to detect the registrar of a domain through DNS? > > > For example - can I easilly figure out if an email I'm processing is > > > hosted by GoDaddy or Tucows? > > > > > > > > Even if it was possible I don't think its would be at all useful. > > Spammers don't generally register domains to sent spam from. They're not > > that stupid. > > > > Unfortunately some PC users ARE that stupid. If a PC can receive mail > > there's a sporting chance it may be infected no matter who the domain > > registrar might be. > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > Again - this is not something to find spammers. It's to find > non-spammers. It's a white rule. > OK, but it still won't work. A lot of spam comes from botnets: hence my comment about PC users. There's certainly no correlation between the location of infected PCs and the reputation of the domain registrar of the domain the infected PC is posting from.
Martin
