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Hi,
Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!
Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!
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netmeg, I had read that but I don't understand what they mean by "on the fly". Don't Google and Yahoo do that already with Smart Pricing and TQ score.
Do you know what they mean exactly by "on the fly"?
Donny said:I have always had some concerns about providing full access to all of your data to a third party, who are domainers at heart.
Thanks Donny,Donny said:About ReplyCycle, which is also brough to you by DNZoom and Bido, it's an interesting concept, but it's not really something they can't patent. I know somebody who was doing this same thing 5 years ago. The biggest problem with it is that you are making the spam problem even worse than it is today. But I'm sure we will look at it and see if we can offer it, if it works out.
Donny
netmeg, that was one hell of an answer. Thanks.netmeg said:They've never admitted it outright, but I've always believed that Smart Pricing occurs 'on the fly'.
Domagon said:Domainers can already do custom email bounces with Sendmail and other similar programs or even via 3rd parties like ReplyCycle ... set CNAME records to cnames.parked.com and set MX records pointing to the MTA (one's own server, ReplyCycle, etc) for the bounces.
IMHO, Parked should remain web only. No email bouncing, no email redirection, no email ads. At most, only provide instructions on how folks, who want that stuff, can do so themselves and/or via 3rd parties, such as ReplyCycle. Though again, IMHO, email bouncing is asking for trouble and should be discouraged by parking companies.
Ron
netmeg said:(hey, this is my 1000th post!)
Varon said:Congrats on becoming old Meg... Welcome to the seniors club.
Donny said:*** I do own Tucows stock. Poor me! ***
netmeg said:Heh, thanks. I was born old.
I don't follow this particular stock - is it down to OneCow now?
That was really funny! :lol: Down to one cow and no milk!netmeg said:I don't follow this particular stock - is it down to OneCow now?
netmeg said:As someone whose company makes and markets a couple of high end spam filtering services, I'd have some pretty strong reservations about it as well. (I've had my email address since 1994; you can just imagine how many lists I'm on, but I refuse to give it up)
(hey, this is my 1000th post!)
~ Cyberian ~ said:Congratz on your 1000th post as well as your 1 year star!!!
replycycle said:Hello All!!
Sorry to intrude here, but there are a few misconceptions that need to be cleared up. As a new company, we want to make sure we get off the the right start.
First, we don't have any affiliation with DnZoom/Bido. Sean Stafford myself and the team left DNZ/Bido a short while ago. We are now working on our own ventures, ReplyCycle.com is one of them.
Also, please keep in mind that we are not contributing to the spam problem that already exists. In fact, all spam that comes through to us is completely filtered and vetted. Anything left over is the "real" emails and only those are replied back to.
We ourselves don't like spam and we are not going to futher the problem by replying to every single email that comes through.
What we do accomplish is letting a sender know that an email box is no longer in service by the individual who once had it. Yes, we do stick in an ad in order to monetize the email, but we are also letting the sender know that they need to take an action to contact the right recipient.
Currently, when someone sends an email to an email box that is no longer is service, 1 of 2 things happen:
1.) Nothing. The email goes into a "black hole" and the sender never knows the email failed
2.) The user gets a bounce back message.
In either case, this happens without reply cycle being involved. This already happens on a day to day basis. When we step in and become involved, we let the user know that they have reached a wrong address, and it is no more intrusive as getting a bounce back message.
If you are interested in learning more, please take a look at our site, replycycle.com
A big apology to Donny here for getting in on the parked.com thread, but as a fledgling company we need to make sure that we correct any inaccuries that may be surfacing.
Kind Regards!
Dan Kimball