On Monday, May 23, 2005, 2:46:32 PM, List User wrote:
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What about the WDRP spam apparently from them? Is that possibly legitimate looking?
From: "WDRP Compliance" wdrp@name-services.com To: Domains@Menschel.net
thetrueslf.com May 25, 2004 View Contact Data: http://wdrp.name-services.com/whois.asp?key=FC4464C8F2A
etc.
Jeff C.
I thought I had made clear my beliefs about the "competence" ofeNom's procedures and personnel:-)
Anyway, this is clearly not spam, but a misdirected - yet validcommunication for domain registration data checking. Clearly sent to the wrong person, but it isn't selling anything - it doesn't even link to any other page except ICANN's rules about data verification. It is downright well behaved - no links to their own services, no pleas to extend the registration period - one of the best I've seen of all that I've gotten from any registrar I've used. Just in typical fashion, they sent it to the wrong place:-) Do note that it is also typical eNom in that it functions by a "negative" option - do nothing and they say they will assume all the data is good; I suspect that this is *not* acceptable to ICANN (since if the contact data were false, the notice would likely be ignored and hence no checking actually performed) - but it fits perfectly the eNom model of let the customer be responsible for reporting and fixing all errors.
Thanks. I'm whitelisting name-services.com as a legitimate if clueless and spam-friendly registrar eNom. Mails mentioning their domains should not be tagged as spam even if they send out an occasional misdirected message themselves, because we don't want ham used for legitimate domain registrar operations affected.
Bob Menschel, Please note that this type of domain should not be listed on SURBLs. Only domains that never appear in ham should be listed. What we want to list are spam gang URI domains.
Jeff C. -- Don't harm innocent bystanders.