tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26753622.post1071227648960341916..comments2024-03-28T00:51:59.562-05:00Comments on Spam Resource: All Things Deliverability: Promoting TransparencyAl Iversonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14312013852191097352noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26753622.post-2964632881905723852008-04-09T09:37:00.000-05:002008-04-09T09:37:00.000-05:00Yeah, I get that. What I meant was that DbP doesn'...Yeah, I get that. What I meant was that DbP doesn't prevent that. Your whois entry still has an email address that still goes to you. The only difference there is DbP is running a spam filter for you, I assume.Al Iversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312013852191097352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26753622.post-75646411996422425762008-04-09T03:57:00.000-05:002008-04-09T03:57:00.000-05:00Al - What I meant was, unless you use DbP, it's ea...Al - What I meant was, unless you use DbP, it's easy for domain hunters to pick up your domain's associated email address and spam you with purchase requests. "Spam" in a broader sense, that is, not the typical stock options or pharmaceutical offers.<BR/><BR/>I believe that's one of the main motivations why some companies choose to use DbP.Edward Lansinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169013988466490593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26753622.post-6423774394085792008-04-08T10:12:00.000-05:002008-04-08T10:12:00.000-05:00I have 30+ domains myself. I have this thing calle...I have 30+ domains myself. I have this thing called a "spam filter." It's pretty amazing. (Actually, mine works pretty good, in that emails from my registrar get through, and pretty much nothing else does.)<BR/><BR/>This doesn't protect you from spam at all. There's still an email address associated with the registration. Maybe DbP runs some sort of spam filtering for you, but that's no different than life-before-DbP.Al Iversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312013852191097352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26753622.post-55231109231231709922008-04-08T10:08:00.000-05:002008-04-08T10:08:00.000-05:00I know of companies that get this privacy protecti...I know of companies that get this privacy protection to prevent domain hunters from spamming them with requests to buy domains.<BR/><BR/>Some of these companies build up large portfolios of domains and will receive plenty of such spam.Edward Lansinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169013988466490593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26753622.post-61300396084850926912008-04-08T09:30:00.000-05:002008-04-08T09:30:00.000-05:00Companies do this all the time capably, using alte...Companies do this all the time capably, using alternate office addresses or a PO Box. This wasn't something that only came about when DbP became available.<BR/><BR/>The problem is, what about all the ones that I run into, where it's either bad actors, questionable actors, or supposedly good guys trying to obscure who they are? What about in those instances?Al Iversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14312013852191097352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26753622.post-53050948459505410662008-04-08T05:23:00.000-05:002008-04-08T05:23:00.000-05:00Actually, I can see this.If a company is consideri...Actually, I can see this.<BR/><BR/>If a company is considering going into a new area, they may want to set up a subsidiary with obscured links to the parent company in the hope that their competitors-to-be take a while to cotton on.<BR/><BR/>(For example, the parent company might have a considerable amount of purchasing power, and believe that they can use this to undercut the current market leaders and establish market share. For this to work, it helps if the existing companies in the sector don't know that they need to slash their costs until half their customers have gone elsewhere.) <BR/><BR/>So they might acquire a domain through someone like Domains-by-Proxy before the legal subsidiary is set up, so they know they can get the domains before they do the paperwork, and so the parent company's name never appears in conjunction with the subsidiary.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364298978647055434noreply@blogger.com