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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: spamcop.net?
So true. We have a colo client who is a domain name registrar that (curiously) "parks" expired domains on their servers here... basically saying "this domain available" (with something of a "whowas" database showing the last domain holder.) Last I checked over 500,000 expired domains are parked there.Thus spake "Martin Hannigan" <[email protected]>Not for nothing, but there's so much time wasted with all these diversified spam systems.Many of these systems have been shown to falsely flag non-spamming sites, and the more reliable ones unfortunately don't catch a majority of spammers. Anyway, if I had a buck for every time some spammer used one of these expired domains for a bogus "unsubscribe URL" or "From:" address I would be able to retire by now. Quite comfortably. I have thousands of auto-generated complaints from Spamcop, pointing to these domains as being "spamvertised"... and a /25 seemingly forever blacklisted by spews due to this 'false flag' situation. Yes, I have plead my case on news.admin.net-abuse.email ... but as we all know due process is not involved when on trial by spews. I have a semi-auto reply now to explain the situation to Spamcop subscribers, but I doubt any of them read it, and I know no attempt is made to verify or prevent this event from repeating ad infinitum. -- Chuck Goolsbee V.P. Technical Operations _________________________________________________________________ digital.forest Phone: +1-877-720-0483, x2001 where Internet solutions grow Int'l: +1-425-483-0483 19515 North Creek Parkway Fax: +1-425-482-6871 Suite 208 http://www.forest.net Bothell, WA 98011 email: [email protected]
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