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> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 18:17:04 +0100 > From: Peter van Dijk <[email protected]> > On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 11:06:15AM -0600, David Ulevitch wrote: > [snip] > > > YAHOO.COM.IS.TRYING.TO.STEAL.YAHOO.VU.HOW.ACIDULOUS.COM > > > YAHOO.COM.AINT.NOTHIN.COMPARED.TO.SAFESEARCH.COM > > > YAHOO.COM > [snip] > > Is this just someone at yahoo having fun with whois, or a more serious problem? > > Those are people at safesearch.com and acidulous.com having fun with > whois. Nothing serious. Note that you'll see the same behavior with microsoft.com and other domains where people want to have a little fun. It's just a difference in the regex matching -- does it match "^string$" only (what you expected), or does it match "string" (when you see creative NS entries). Eddy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <[email protected]>, or you are likely to be blocked.
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