Protect your domain and email from spam

that use the whois

[zeus]

I have a few domains and the main site gets more and more spam mail even if the email is not anyware on the site, they just get the email from whois, so my 2 new sites has a protection against that and now Im thinking about such a protection on all my sites, so it not get any worse.

I just hope no SE has something agaist such a thing, but why should they.

If you visit my domain name on whois you just get this

Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.

Registered through: blabla.com
Domain Name: mydomain.COM

Secure the registration to this domain or any
other the instant it becomes available.
DomainAlert(TM) Pro services protect, inform and
keep you in the action, 24/7.

I think that is a good why to protect against all those spammers.

all the best
zeus

[DaveN]

I think it's a big red flag, look at me I'm hiding something, the SE's would certainly pay you more attention if you have hidden domain info, if ever reported. just my 10c

DaveN

[zeus]

Hmm interesting maybe I should wait, but it is sure a way to do something about those spammers.

zeus

[DaveN]

the biggest problem i have with UCE is not receiving it, but when they spoof one of my domain names in the reply field, especially when they have a really out of date list, we got over 100,000 bounced emails all with reply email address like [e-mail], [e-mail]. the only way to handle it was to turn on tar pitting for that domain.

DaveN

[BlueSky]

I don't think you need to hide whois info to prevent spam. Yes, there are trawlers of that database, but from what I've seen so far they tend to use the contact address in the whois database or something generic like sales. The very, very few pieces I've gotten from them so far were all website related services. If I opened them online, I probably would be getting a fair amount of other junk.

You cannot protect a domain unless you don't bring it online or don't activate email for it. All a spammer needs to know is that a domain is live. This is done by different people sending hidden bots to our sites regularly. Once a spammer knows a domain is live, he can then start sending mail to any name/word at that domain until he hits a valid one. Many people make the mistake of opening spam. If it has a graphic or web bug, then you just confirmed they hit a good address. Yours will then be placed on a list to be sold to other spammers.

Ooops, yes they love spoofing domains. They've done that to a few folks at my host.

[richlowe]

What does the term "tar pitting" mean? Thanks, Richard Lowe

[WebWalla]

>What does the term "tar pitting" mean?

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