It's my understanding that DRoA/C do a good deal of their solicitation by snail mail, so while blocking their solicitations by email is a great idea, I'm not sure it will make a dent in the damage they'll do.
What we're doing is including specific warning text in our confirmation away text configured with OSRS, and also specific text in the renewal reminders we send to clients. This way we can get the info to all that we should reach without having to do a mass mailing, something we try to avoid. There's enough unsolicited mail our there. The renewal mails hit a couple of months in advance of the expiry dates, so if DRoA/C's and Verisign and anyone else who stoops to this level to solicit business is timing their mailings for expiry dates, hopefully our customers will already have sufficient warnings. We're also encouraging people to send in complaints to the USPS and FTC. From what I've read to date, these notices break the law. Links for this are: USPS (I think their in the running for the longest URL award) http://www.usps.com/search97cgi/s97_cgi?action=View&VdkVgwKey=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eusps%2Ecom%2Fpostalinspectors%2Ffraud%2FMailFraudComplaint%2Ehtm&DocOffset=10&DocsFound=10&QueryZip=false+billing&Collection=external&SearchUrl=http%3A%2F%2F56%2E0%2E78%2E101%2Fsearch97%2Fs97%5Fa%2Evts%3FQueryZip%3Dfalse%2Bbilling%26ResultTemplate%3Dmain%252Ehts%26QueryText%3Dfalse%2Bbilling%26Collection%3Dexternal%26ResultStart%3D1%26ResultCount%3D25&&HLNavigate=off&; FTC https://rn.ftc.gov/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01";>Fe Both of these are links for filing a complaint online. More complaints should equate to more pressure, sooner. We're also going to keep http://domainscams.com relatively R4L brand free, so if you want to point people there that's fine. Works for me. Deid $ host droamerica.com droamerica.com has address 205.150.205.31 droamerica.com mail is handled (pri=10) by mail.droamerica.com [drtr@hercules drtr]$ host mail.droamerica.com mail.droamerica.com has address 205.150.205.15 [drtr@hercules drtr]$ host 205.150.205.15 15.205.150.205.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer mail.droc.ca $ whois 205.150.205.15 UUNET Canada Inc. (NETBLK-UUNET-2) UUNET-2 205.150.0.0 - 205.150.255.255 Internet Registry Bureau of Canada (NETBLK-IRBC3UU1) IRBC3UU1 205.150.205.0 - 205.150.205.255 To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first. The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information. $ whois NETBLK-IRBC3UU1 Internet Registry Bureau of Canada (NETBLK-IRBC3UU1) 951 Dennison Street Markham, ON L3R 3W9 CA Netname: IRBC3UU1 Netblock: 205.150.205.0 - 205.150.205.255 Coordinator: Tetaka, James (JT1008-ARIN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 416 410 5955 Record last updated on 07-Jun-2001. Database last updated on 26-Mar-2002 21:12:35 EDT. The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information. SpyProductions - Lars Hindsley wrote: > Anybody know their class C? I intend to block them from our customers. > > For those that disagree with our position, OK, thanks. > > -Lars > SpyProductions > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Allen > Sent: March 27, 2002 2:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: CUSTOMER BEING SLAMMED BY DOMAIN REGISTRY OF AMERICA : CASE > > > OOO The old, Tucows dropped the dime trick... They did that so they would at > least make one year of cash from the name. (Intestinal Delay ;) I mean, > intentional ;) I would get it transferred back and have them place a stop > payment if they are unwilling to refund the money as I am sure they will not > be very willing... > > > > -- > Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.4CheapDomains.Net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:17 PM > Subject: CUSTOMER BEING SLAMMED BY DOMAIN REGISTRY OF AMERICA : CASE > > > >>Hi Folks - this just came in Domain Registry of America is successfully >>misleading our customer BASE into thinking they are renewing domains >>with us... Here is a correspondence transcript - we have blocked out >>customer specifics to protect their privacy... >> >>== CUSTOMER WRITES TO EYEONDOMAIN.COM (ourselves) ==== >> >>Can you guys please explain to me how these guys managed to transfer my >>account from you to them?? I am sooooo confused. >> >>CUSTOMER SIGNATURE >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------ >>CUSTOMER FORWARDS US EMAIL RECEIVED FROM DOMAIN REGISTRY OF AMERICA >>------------------------------------------------------------------ >>Subject: RE: [XX] Order#135441 Completed. Renewal Successful! >>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:15:11 -0500 >>Organization: Domain Registry of America >> >> >>We tried to cancel your renewal, however, TUCOWS sent us the domain >>regardless of our attempts to prevent this. >> >>I have unlocked the domain, and you will need to have TUCOWS send us a >>transfer request to for it to be returned to them. >>-===============- >>Steven Rodriguez >>Technical Support Manager >>Domain Registry of America >> >>===================================================================== >>CUSTOMERS ORIGINAL EMAIL TO DOMAIN REGISTRY OF AMERICA >>===================================================================== >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [CUSTOMERS IDENTITY PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 2:57 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [XX] Order#135441 Completed. Renewal Successful! >> >> >>i have responded to this email more times than necessary!! i did NOT >>transfer my domain name to you!! please make sure this transaction DOES >>NOT take place! it is not my job to prevent you from automatically >>setting up some transfer process that i do not want to take place. >> >>cease and desist immediately!! >> >>CUSTOMER SIGNATURE PROTECTED >> >> >> >> > > >
