Rob McEwen wrote>
Possible FP:
zd-swx.com
This one is a tough one. On the one hand, I think this domain is used by Ziff Davis (publisher of PC Mag) for sending out some of their
newsletters.
This domain was found at the top of a header of what appears to be a legitimate PC magazine newsletter. (I know, I'm not suppose to SURBL-check headers... but I do this on a limited and extremely audited basis... I
only
"set it and forget it" SURBL check on the message bodies.)
If it were to appear in the body, we couldn't list it.
Anyway, zd-swx.com is registered by easydns.com. I can't figure out what easydns.com has to do with Ziff Davis? ...and why would Ziff Davis use
this
kind of service to send out newsletters? Am I missing something here?
EasyDNS is only the *registrar*, not the registrant. Nothing odd about that.
However, the actual *registrant* is a little unusual for a ZD-related domain:
Registrant: 1505820 Ontario Inc 610 Ford Drive Unit #1 Oakville, ON L6J 7V2 CA
Domain name: ZD-SWX.COM
Administrative Contact: Administrator, Network admin@rapid-e.biz 610 Ford Drive Unit #1 Oakville, ON L6J 7V2 CA (905) 337 8616 Fax: (905) 337 2882
rapid-e.biz, the domain of the hoster of zd-swx.com, has 6 NANAS sightings to it.
Furthermore it currently has no NS or MX, i.e. the administrative contact for zd-swx.com is not contactable by email. The same applies to these related domains:
dbhits.com dtr3-re.com rapid-e.biz rapid-e.net synapse-swx.com ym-swx.com
You may want to point that out to the registrar(s) of these domains...
Joe