Hi Rob,
At 12:52 07-04-2009, Rob McEwen wrote:
I had no idea that emailreg.org was owned and operated by Barracuda. I
http://www.barracudacentral.org/about/emailreg
http://www.emailreg.org/index.cgi?p=about
But, as the post you mentioned said, emailreg.org resolves to
64.235.146.64 and arin.net shows that 64.235.146.64 is clearly in
Barracuda's assigned address space. I'll tell you right now... this is
BIG and EASY money. Very BIG and very EASY money. I suspect they are
pulling in hundreds... maybe even thousands... of those $20 payments per
day.
The usage policy at http://www.emailreg.org/index.cgi?p=policy
mentions that there is a $20 registration fee to "discourage domain
tasters from sending spam and to further verify the contact information".
(if I seem upset about this... read between the lines... and you might
understand why)
Are you upset because people are paying money to a site with a domain
owner hidden by the Whois privacy registration? :-) Some antispam
offers are big and easy money as there's always somebody ready to pay
or to jump on the bandwagon because it is free.
Regards,
-sm
