On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Mark Jeftovic wrote: > Once you're whitelisted your customers will be able to receive email > from you as well as Tucows, unimpeded. >
I should clarify above, should have said, "you will be able to email addresses @myprivacy.ca unimpeded", you may have a direct email contact in your records separate from what they use in their whois records, but if you use the whois records, you'll be able to. -mark > -mark > > > > As for OpenSRS offering something like this ... no, I don't think that > > would be right. This kind of mail forwarding service is an *Internet* > > service, and is best provided by Internet Service Providers. If OpenSRS > > were to offer this type of thing, they'd be opening a large, densely > > packed can of worms. They do a good job of being a registrar. Let's > > not ask them to be an email provider. > > > > p > > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 08:31:02AM -0700, Brian J. France wrote: > > > > > > I am a old Doster Customer and never bothered trying to stop their spam > > > after transferring all my domains over. This is a interesting service, > > > would other people be interested if OpenSRS had something like this? > > > > > > Brian > > > ---- > > > > > > Dear Dotster Customer, > > > > > > Are you tired of getting SPAM e-mail? Dotster has just launched a new > > > service > > > to help called SPAM-Shield. To celebrate, we're offering it FREE on > > > all new > > > domain name registrations through October 16th! Plus, for existing > > > domain names, > > > it's only $2.95! That's a 50% savings off the normal price. To sign up > > > before > > > the promotion ends, visit http://web.dotster.com/spamshield/ > > > > > > Why do you need SPAM-Shield? > > > ---------------------------- > > > Did you know that every time you register a domain name your personal > > > information is made available to anyone who wants it? It's the law -- > > > your registration > > > information has to be made available to the public through the WHOIS > > > database. > > > > > > Unfortunately, this creates a gold mine for spammers and other people > > > up to no > > > good. Spammers mine data from the WHOIS database to find your e-mail > > > address > > > and then use it to send you SPAM. Or, they simply sell your information > > > to the > > > highest bidder. Either way, your inbox ends up flooded with junk. > > > > > > Now you can do something about it with Dotster's new SPAM-Shield > > > service! > > > > > > How does it work? > > > ----------------- > > > With SPAM-Shield, we set up a safe and secure e-mail address for you and > > > display it in place of your real e-mail address in the WHOIS database. > > > Incoming > > > e-mails to the SPAM-Shield address are SPAM filtered and then delivered > > > to the > > > e-mail address you provide. Plus, for even more protection from WHOIS > > > database > > > miners, we automatically change your SPAM-Shield e-mail address every > > > ten days. The > > > result? No more domain-related SPAM in your inbox! > > > > > > Stop domain-related SPAM from landing in your inbox! Stop data miners > > > from > > > selling your personal information! > > > Visit http://web.dotster.com/spamshield/ to learn more and sign up > > > today. > > > > > > ----------------- > > > > > > We hope you enjoyed receiving this e-mail from Dotster. However, if you > > > would > > > prefer not to receive updates such as this in the future, please reply > > > to this > > > e-mail with the word Remove in the subject line. Thank you. > > > > > > > > > -- mark jeftovic http://www.easydns.com http://mark.jeftovic.net
