Search Again: Re: puzzling registrar From: Michael Wise Date: Friday, June 6, 2003 Time: 7:23:01 am At 8:10 +0100 6/6/03, Paul Willis wrote: >>But registrars take action against accounts with blatantly >>incorrect contact info...when it is pointed out to them. Joker does >>nothing about such bogus info. In fact, Joker consistently >>processes registrations with obviously bogus contact info >>(999-999-9999 as a phone number, null as an address, etc.) > >Joker operates under ICANN rules just like all the other registrars >which includes a duty to correct information. If they are not acting >on bogus info report them. I have a better Idea for a more productive use of my time: just take my business elsewhere. I don't have time play registrar security guard and report those who don't follow the rules. > >>Joker used to be registrar of choice among geeks...a great many who >>still have their domains there and a much smaller subset who still >>register new domains through them. Many do not seem to be aware >>that Joker is now a registrar of choice with spamhausen. > >And where did you get the demographics on Joker customers? Can you >point me to the source? Let's see having worked among ubergeeks and registrars on a near daily basis for the most of the last 10 years and myself having gone down the Internic/Netsol, Joker, etc. path. That and being fairly active in the anti-spam community. Search news.admin.net-abuse.email for "joker" and you'll start to get the picture of the rep Joker has among some of the foremost anti-spam implementers in the world. Here's a start: http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=joker&safe=images&ie=ISO-8859-1&as_ugroup=news.admin.net-abuse.email&lr=&hl=en > >>A decent registrar, like GoDaddy, will terminate the account. A >>bottom-feeding registrar, like Joker, will ignore the complaints >>and allow shady business as usual. > >According to the terms and conditions "Go Daddy also may in its sole >discretion and without liability to you....cancel the registration >of a domain name, after thirty (30) days, if that name is being >used in association with spam or morally objectionable activities. >Morally objectionable activities will include, but not be limited >to: activities designed to....embarrass....third parties;" > >While I am all for stopping spam I hope nobody is upset by any site >you might register....big brother (or should that be big daddy) is >watching you....so much for free speech. GoDaddy also happens to be pretty much the best registrar around these days. --Mike

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