On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:45:26 -0700 Fred Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:18 PM 9/15/2003, Jeroen Massar wrote: > >Even worse of this is that you can't verify domain names under .net > >any more for 'existence' as every .net domain suddenly has a A record > >and then can be used for spamming... > > so, every spammer in the world spams versign. The down side of this is ... > what? I don't remember...
The problem is the (common) method of invalidating spam mails by checking that the originating domain exists. If said domain is .net (and soon .com), that check will no longer be useful.
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