> Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 16:34:48 +0200
> From: axb.li...@gmail.com
> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Re: .pw / Palau URL domains in spam
>
> On 05/01/2013 04:28 PM, hospice admin wrote:
> > I don't care what some folks are saying about .pw, compared to Nominet they
> > totally rock.
> > When was the last time anyone saw Nominet suspend a .UK spammer?
> > Judy
>
> You miss the point.
>
> Nominet is a registrar
> Directi is acting as THE .pw registry
> Registrars selling .pw domains and we all know where the crud goes to
> get theirs.
> They are the top entity - and lowering all barriers they've opend a can
> of worms.
> But this is become off topic....
>
> my EOT
>
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>
Have I missed the point? I don't think so, and I appreciate this is off
topic(ish), but ...
The point is, a great deal of the stuff we have to deal with comes from
commercial organisations that spam for a living. These guys can't operate
without access to a ready source of domains.
If Nominet wanted to stop a huge lump of spam originating from .UK , they
could. All they need to do is link every commercial registration to a UK
company number or similar for of ID, then react when someone complains. After
that, three strikes (pick a number) and you're out of business.
It won't stop it all, sure, but it will stop some, and not just 'after the
fact', ...
Right ... off to take a chill pill :)
J.
