Dnia 15.04.2022 o godz. 13:29:45 Luis E. Muñoz via mailop pisze: > > There are many who claim that there's a correlation between easily, > cheap (or free) domain names and spam. Their rationale is that > spammers can secure disposable domain names for very low price.
Domains at eu.org are free, but it is not easy to register a domain there. In other words, you don't pay with money, but you pay with your effort and time, so I don't think it's an attractive option for spammers. This is really an "old school" service which isn't designed to be super-easy to use :). And I appreciate that :). First, when you register a domain name at eu.org, you must already have two working DNS servers for that domain set up. This is checked during the registration process. They don't provide DNS servers for you, you have to set them up yourself. Second, all registration applications are accepted manually by eu.org administrators, so you have to wait for your domain to be registered. This can be from few days to even few weeks. I don't remember how long I waited for my rafa.eu.org domain (I registered it 15+ years ago), but 2 years ago I registered another domain at eu.org and I waited about 10 days for that domain to become active. So yes, there are quite significant "costs" involved in getting a domain at eu.org (only these are non-financial costs) and so I don't think it's an attractive option for spammers. With discounts that some paid domain registrars give for first year, it's much easier to register a .com or national domain as a throwaway one, as you can do this almost instantly with only a few clicks and a small payment, than go through the hassles of registering at eu.org. The latter makes sense only if you are interested in using the domain for long time. -- Regards, Jaroslaw Rafa r...@rafa.eu.org -- "In a million years, when kids go to school, they're gonna know: once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub." _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
