A thought occurred to me and I thought I'd discuss it as
a new thread.
Some of you know that GD has a strong anti-spam
stance. Based on the stories I gave in my last post in
another thread, apparently they'd shut down a domain
name upon receipt of a spam complaint.
To be fair, however, they'd first attempt to notify the
domain name owner about the spam complaint and
have that owner respond accordingly with an explanation
and proof, if possible.
One internet marketer I know (and perhaps some of
you do) experienced this. I'm not sure but I think GD
told her who complained, she researched her files,
and found the complainant as a confirmed opt-in of her
mailing list.
The complainant apparently received one of her
emailed newsletters, forgot that she/he actually opted
in & confirmed, & complained it to GD.
Thankfully GD didn't just shut it down just like that.
But the experience was enough for the IM to decide to
eventually transfer the domain elsewhere.
All of us (except the real naive newbies and spammers)
hate spam like the plague. But I'm left to wonder how
far should registrars or resellers butt in on a domain
name's activities.
For example, NSI will shut down a domain name and
its services if they discover, one way or another (via
spam complaint especially) that the domain name
owner is using their email servers for spamming. But
if they receive complaints from people about a domain
name being involved in spamming using either a
different hosting provider or their own servers, they
respectfully but firmly say they don't "police" the
internet and would tell them to take it up w/ the
proper authorities.
Another thing NSI doesn't butt in is if they receive
complaints from people about a domain name involved
in, say, an MLM or pyramiding scheme & would also
tell them to report those cases to the police instead.
There's another registrar who also adopts this stance,
though I forgot that name.
Another time they'd step in, of course, is if the domain
name is the subject of a legal dispute (i.e. trademark,
ownership dispute between 2 persons, etc.).
So guys, in your honest opinions, how far do you think
a registrar or reseller should step in?
a new thread.
Some of you know that GD has a strong anti-spam
stance. Based on the stories I gave in my last post in
another thread, apparently they'd shut down a domain
name upon receipt of a spam complaint.
To be fair, however, they'd first attempt to notify the
domain name owner about the spam complaint and
have that owner respond accordingly with an explanation
and proof, if possible.
One internet marketer I know (and perhaps some of
you do) experienced this. I'm not sure but I think GD
told her who complained, she researched her files,
and found the complainant as a confirmed opt-in of her
mailing list.
The complainant apparently received one of her
emailed newsletters, forgot that she/he actually opted
in & confirmed, & complained it to GD.
Thankfully GD didn't just shut it down just like that.
But the experience was enough for the IM to decide to
eventually transfer the domain elsewhere.
All of us (except the real naive newbies and spammers)
hate spam like the plague. But I'm left to wonder how
far should registrars or resellers butt in on a domain
name's activities.
For example, NSI will shut down a domain name and
its services if they discover, one way or another (via
spam complaint especially) that the domain name
owner is using their email servers for spamming. But
if they receive complaints from people about a domain
name being involved in spamming using either a
different hosting provider or their own servers, they
respectfully but firmly say they don't "police" the
internet and would tell them to take it up w/ the
proper authorities.
Another thing NSI doesn't butt in is if they receive
complaints from people about a domain name involved
in, say, an MLM or pyramiding scheme & would also
tell them to report those cases to the police instead.
There's another registrar who also adopts this stance,
though I forgot that name.
Another time they'd step in, of course, is if the domain
name is the subject of a legal dispute (i.e. trademark,
ownership dispute between 2 persons, etc.).
So guys, in your honest opinions, how far do you think
a registrar or reseller should step in?
