Search Again: Re: puzzling registrar From: andrew kagan Date: Thursday, June 5, 2003 Time: 9:16:53 am > >> I have read the entire thread. I don't see that their registration > >> methods are any different to any other registrar. A legitimate domain > >> name, a registrant's name, address and email is all anyone ever asks > >> for. No registrar checks that these details are correct. > >> > > Yes, yes...you're right...why would a domain like > > "fjwi39jsdfniw3hrijh.com" > > throw a red flag? I mean, spammers' euros are green like everyone > > else's > > right? > > I never said that wasn't a suspicious name but spammers euros are > indeed green just like everyone elses so how do you know who is a goody > and who is a baddy? Where do you draw the line with a registration? Are > you going to have a committee look at each and every registration to > see if they like the look of it, or if they think it might be possible > used to send spam? I don't know...I don't know if a "real" person ever looks at them at all. > > The spammer could just as easily register a domain that uses real > words, in fact our mail server blocks hundreds of spams a day, most > are from ordinary looking domain names. Sad but true...and as new TLD's are released the problem will just accelerate > > What a cop-out, Paul...the fact that they allow registrations like the > > one > > above is enough reason for me not to do business with them. > > I'd be interested to see any registrar that would block what is > technically a legitimate registration. Who do you use? > <sigh>...I suppose you're right...sorry if I sounded harsh...now if I was my own registrar...

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