RE: [registrars] Fw: Domain Renewal (SORSBYART.BIZ)

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@palage.com>]

Elana:

As Bruce Tonkin stated in Rio there is a difference between legitimate
access to the Bulk Whois per the contract terms incorporated into our
registrar accreditation agreement, and improper access via data mining.
Whether this data mining occurs at the registrar or registry level does not
alter my original question.

In fact the Palage family has numerous mail and email correspondence with
similar questionable advertising solicitations from domain names registered
in thin registries.

Mike




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elana Broitman [mailto:ebroitman@register.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 12:24 PM
> To: Michael D. Palage; Donny Simonton; Joyce Lin; registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [registrars] Fw: Domain Renewal (SORSBYART.BIZ)
>
>
> Isn't it possible that this spammer botted the registry's whois
> since .biz is a "thick" registry?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael D. Palage [mailto:michael@palage.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:35 AM
> To: Donny Simonton; 'Joyce Lin'; registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [registrars] Fw: Domain Renewal (SORSBYART.BIZ)
>
>
> Hello All:
>
> Putting on my investigator hat for a minute. Out of the
> registrars and their
> customers that received this unsolicited bulk email, do any of the
> registrars provide their bulk Whois to third parties. My strong belief is
> that the answer is no. However, I hate to assume.
>
> I am sure that most of you will agree that the probable source of this
> unsolicited bulk email solicitation is from someone that improperly mined
> the whois data.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> > Behalf Of Donny Simonton
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 10:53 AM
> > To: 'Joyce Lin'; registrars@dnso.org
> > Subject: RE: [registrars] Fw: Domain Renewal (SORSBYART.BIZ)
> >
> >
> > Joyce,
> > I have received over 300 today myself.  The domain is registered with
> > Network Solutions, and they are also the technical contact.  But
> > the domain
> > is owned by somebody in the UK.
> >
> > Donny Simonton
> > directNIC.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-registrars@dnso.org
> > [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org] On Behalf
> > Of Joyce Lin
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 9:37 AM
> > To: registrars@dnso.org
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Has anybody received schemes like this one ?
> >
> > Joyce
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: ".BIZ RENEWALS" <renewal-help@domainrenewals.biz>
> > To: <joyce@webex.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 12:22 PM
> > Subject: Domain Renewal (SORSBYART.BIZ)
> >
> >
> > > Dear Registrant,
> > >
> > > Your domain SORSBYART.BIZ is due for renewal shortly. Please
> see our web
> > > site to renew your domain name:
> > >
> > > http://www.domainrenewals.biz
> > >
> > > Registration Fees:
> > >
> > > 2 Years - $35/year
> > > 3-5 Years - $25/year
> > > 6-10 Years - $20/Year
> > >
> > > All prices are US Dollars.
> > >
> > > Should you have any questions on renewing your domain please contact
> > renewal-help@domainrenewals.biz
> > >
> > > BIZ Domain Renewals
> > > http://www.domainrenewals.biz
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------
> > > If you no longer wish to receive domain renewal notifications
> > > see http://www.domainrenewals.biz/notifications.html
> > > This email was sent to joyce@webex.net
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>