toolman
msg:689848 | 7:17 pm on Jul 22, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Is that an affiliated company of the company you signed up with that perhaps you gave permission to be spammed in the fine print? I get stuff for the domains I have at NS but generally not from the others anymore.
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Air
msg:689849 | 7:24 pm on Jul 22, 2001 (gmt 0) |
No, that's what is weird about it IMO, it's a competing offer.
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evinrude
msg:689850 | 9:39 pm on Jul 23, 2001 (gmt 0) |
I got an identical email to this one after setting up a domain transfer last week. Word for word identical.
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bartek
msg:689851 | 3:37 am on Jul 24, 2001 (gmt 0) |
I got the same message; they used the proper first and last name - that could only come from the secure form. Wonder what happened to the cc # and how much more spam we'll get...
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littleman
msg:689852 | 4:23 am on Jul 24, 2001 (gmt 0) |
I got the same message today regarding a NS domain I recently made a change with. The url (an ip number + quarry string) was bad.
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Air
msg:689853 | 4:30 am on Jul 24, 2001 (gmt 0) |
Yeah the URL didn't resolve in the E I got either, obviously the same one. I've written to the registrar to see if they have any ideas.
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Air
msg:689854 | 5:25 am on Jul 24, 2001 (gmt 0) |
This is the note that went to the registrar:
Hello, The other day I was registering some domains, for each one an email followed, it addressed me by name and said -- <included e-mail as in original post> The only way they could get the name used is from the secure order form, which is very weird, any idea how this is happening? Sorry I deleted the original e-mail (the url did not resolve anyway) The above is the e-mail verbatim, except I removed my name, the URL, and the sig, so that I could post it in a forum to get an idea how many others were getting a similar e-mail when registering or transfering domains. A number of people reported the exact same e-mail was sent to them (I assume using various registrars) I did not mention you as the registrar, and no-one else mentioned their registrar either. Any info you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks for your response. |
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Air
msg:689855 | 11:15 pm on Jul 24, 2001 (gmt 0) |
This is the response from the registrar:
There is no way they can get the information from the secure site. However
we have heard similar stories. I will not mention the company name right
now - it is under investigation. Please forward us the original email. We will investigate this. Also,
please let me know the name of the forum so we can gather some more
information. [snip] |
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bhartzer
msg:689856 | 8:39 pm on Jul 26, 2001 (gmt 0) |
What's even more weird is that not only do you get spammed by email when you buy a new domain, you get spammed via USPS snail mail too! There are hosting companies and other companies that send out all sorts of junk. I'm sure that they've bought some sort of list from the registrar.
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willtell
msg:689857 | 10:45 pm on Jul 26, 2001 (gmt 0) |
With the competition so heavy in the world of domain registration, it would seem reasonable that they are selling that information. Companies can say anything they want, but the information they collect is valuable. I don't know if this is the case here, so this is just my oninion.
When you use onine services, without knowing the company, you always take a chance on having information sold.
I just ordered a new magazine the other day and asked if the information I provided would be sold. they said yes, unless I asked them not to.
This happens all the time, which is why the Internet makes it is very difficult to know who you are dealing with.
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