[34758] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: 'Old wine in new bottles.'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mathew Butler)
Mon Feb 19 02:49:24 2001
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From: Mathew Butler <mbutler@tonbu.com>
To: 'Rodney Joffe' <rjoffe@centergate.com>, rdobbins@netmore.net,
nanog@merit.edu
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:44:04 -0800
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This would be such a good idea, if someone HADN'T SENT A "Dear Friend, this
is not an illegal scam to make money!!!" message to my post office box.
Sheesh.
-Mat Butler
-----Original Message-----
From: Rodney Joffe [mailto:rjoffe@centergate.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 1:48 PM
To: rdobbins@netmore.net; nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: 'Old wine in new bottles.'
Roland Dobbins wrote:
>
> I'm sure most've you have already seen this - but if not, be advised
> that Network Solutions are now more aggressively marketing the contents
> of WHOIS to spammers, etc.:
>
> http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB982282009562632162.html
To be more accurate:
They are aggressively marketing *some* of the contents of WHOIS to
Postal Mail marketers. e-mail addresses are *not* provided. Spam is
UBE/UCE sent to e-mail addresses (says Paul Vixie, so it must be true
:-))
--
Rodney Joffe
CenterGate Research Group, LLC.
http://www.centergate.com
"Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"(R)
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>This would be such a good idea, if someone HADN'T =
SENT A "Dear Friend, this is not an illegal scam to make =
money!!!" message to my post office box. Sheesh.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-Mat Butler</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Rodney Joffe [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:rjoffe@centergate.com">mailto:rjoffe@centergate.com</A>]<=
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 1:48 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: rdobbins@netmore.net; nanog@merit.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: 'Old wine in new bottles.'</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Roland Dobbins wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> I'm sure most've you have already seen this - =
but if not, be advised</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> that Network Solutions are now more =
aggressively marketing the contents</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> of WHOIS to spammers, etc.:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> <A =
HREF=3D"http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB982282009562632162.html" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB982282009562632162.html</=
A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>To be more accurate:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>They are aggressively marketing *some* of the =
contents of WHOIS to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Postal Mail marketers. e-mail addresses are *not* =
provided. Spam is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>UBE/UCE sent to e-mail addresses (says Paul Vixie, =
so it must be true</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>:-))</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Rodney Joffe</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>CenterGate Research Group, LLC.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2><A HREF=3D"http://www.centergate.com" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.centergate.com</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>"Technology so advanced, even we don't =
understand it!"(R)</FONT>
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