Hi Mark,

Can do.  The fine print links to the Verisign site as well for more T's & C's.


Quoting Mark Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi Doug,
>     Any chance you could post the back side of that pseudo-invoice on
> your site also?
> I haven't actually had a chance to take a look at one of the Verisign
> variety of these yet. I've only seen the Interland and Register.Com
> versions.
> I'd be interested to see what the language is that they are binding
> folks to
> (as stated in the signature area of the form) when they sign and return
> these.
> Thanks,
> -Mark
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Doug Friend 
>   To: Mark Petersen 
>   Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>   Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:33 PM
>   Subject: Re: Verisign Spamming by Snail Mail
> 
> 
>   I think there is a bigger issue here than the mining of the whois
> database. 
>   That happens all the time, and ususually it's pretty easy to filter
> out the
>   spammers that are getting addresses this way.
> 
>   IMHO the bigger issue is that this is the same company that operates
> the root
>   registry that all CNO domains go through.  Most people recognize the
> name
>   Verisign/NetworkSolutions, and my guess is a lot of these "invoices"
> will get
>   paid because the thing looks like an invoice.
> 
>   I've put the fax we received on a site called http://domainscams.com,
> and I plan
>   on linking to this.
> 
>   Doug.
> 
>   Quoting Mark Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
>   > MessageHowever they go about acquiring their data source, it's still
>   > unsolicited contact
>   > when they snail or E mail our clients.
>   > And if it's WHOIS data they're drawing from, whether it be from and
>   > online source,
>   > or a CD, I would think it's WHOIS mining.
>   > 
>   > -Mark
>   >   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   >   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>   >   To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>   >   Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:40 AM
>   >   Subject: RE: Verisign Spamming by Snail Mail
>   > 
>   > 
>   >   So do these guys have to be mining the whois data in order to be
>   > sending out these mail messages? Can't they buy (or otherwise cut a
> deal
>   > for) the $10,000 whois dire ctory and simply use that as their data
>   > source? Isn't that legal? I'm not advocating for it, just about the
>   > legality.
>   > 
>   >   -Tim
>   >   --
>   >   myOstrich Internet
>   >   http://www.myostrich.net
>   >
> 

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