[plug] 'australian cheap domains' spammers?

[Shayne O'Neill]

Well what has me worried, and since this is a public list I'll add that
I'm not accusing just wondering, is that to do a whois, you have to know
the name exists. And its a pretty obsure sort of name too.

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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Mark O'Shea wrote:

>
> On Fri, March 11, 2005 3:10 pm, Shayne O'Neill said:
> >
> > I registered a website yesterday, and within a day , despite me and
> > australian cheap domains db being the only possible people who could of
> > known about it, I started recieving spam about the site.
> >
> > is it possible this company is selling details of customers to spammers?
> > the whole thing stinks of fish to me.
> >
> Well, there is no way of knowing for sure.  Your details will be on a
> public whois database who just about anyone with an internet connection
> can access (try doing a whois on your new domain name).
>
> This, of course doesn't prove that they did not sell any information.  But
> it does stop you from being able to prove that they did with the argument
> that only they and you knew about the details.
>
> --
> Mark O'Shea
>
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