discuss Domain WHOIS spam like crazy

[coco77]

Hey


I get TONS of emails for web development, SEO etc etc
All because i chose not to have private reg with MOST of my domains up to now.

I keep identifying them as junk, but every day there is a few more in inbox. Getting frustrating to have to look through each one, in case I may be deleting something important that might have ended in junk.

All these whois sites should have captcha codes required to "help" stop this shit. I know some do and some don't.

I think it would be cool to have a community that will share a database of emails used by these service companies to be auto-flagged. What do you think? It is considered spam anyways as we NEVER opted-in to these lists. Really frustrating.

What do you guys do?

Thank you

 

[DomainerGo]

Well, the best thing you could do is mark them as spam. Email providers have a low threshold for spam, and if more than 0.1-0.2% of the messages they sent are marked as such, they're banned.

The worst thing you could do is just ignore the email. Report it as spam!

 

[Steven McEvoy]

not just emails but stupid phone calls...

 

[Kenny]

1st there is a call and the person just asks "is this <your name>".
If you say yes, they hang up and later on that day you get the sales pitch call.
They are not really robo calls because there is a live person on the other end.
It was cool the first couple of times, but I'm sick of them by now.
There is a "rude domainer" thread going on... well that's when I become that guy.

I'm tracking the phone #'s. I call back and get the machine.
Then I call these guys >>> https://www.donotcall.gov/

I'm also marking all the texts as spam.

I don't know if this will help, but if we all do it maybe they will run out of numbers.

And the whole it's all coming from Indians,
Would it make a difference if they had Irish, or Spanish, or Cockney or German accents?
it's just people trying to make a living, just like you and I.
Like what was mentioned above, when domainers email or call prospective clients. It's the same.
Only different.


Peace,
Cy

There are also apps you can get, but I don't know how effective they are.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

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The worst thing you could do is just ignore the email. Report it as spam!

No, in a 'karma - view', simply ignoring can be better than reporting it.
It is not their Intention to bother us, no - in most cases they are just offering serious, web related services in a friendly way - that's ok for me.
I can react if I am interested or simply ignore if I am not.
No reason for reporting, I don't have spam panic.
If it is not the same company / person / email again and again, I don't see any reason to report them / him / it, that's not the way I think.

We should not forget that we also reaching out others from time to time, offering a / some domain/s which we think that it / they could be in his / her / their interest.
We would not be happy to get directly reported as spam, just for sending a serious, friendly offer.

So I reiterate, it's indeed part of this business and it's not always clear what counts as 'spam' and what not, it's your individual decision how to see it.

On the other side I admit, that my email program (Outlook) works very well and these emails are 99 % landing automatically direct in my junk mail - folder, thats the main point that they don't bother me really.
From time to time I go through those emails and if there is nothing which is in my interest, I simply delete them.

Until now I have never reported someone(s email) just because he sent me an offer.

 

[biggie]

here is spam i got


from: [email protected]

Hi, I am AnilWeb Development Manager, (India) and I work with 100+experienced IT professionals who are into: Website Designing, Web Development, Responsive Websites, PHP development, e-Commerce solutions, SEO Services and Content Writing. May I know if you are interested in any of these services? If you are interested, then I can send you our past work details.


imo....

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Well, the best thing you could do is mark them as spam. Email providers have a low threshold for spam, and if more than 0.1-0.2% of the messages they sent are marked as such, they're banned.

The worst thing you could do is just ignore the email. Report it as spam!

It is recognized by Google as SPAM.
But no any changes in his volume at least 1 year already... I don't see any bans...
It is coming and coming...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

The best thing I see: myprivacy.ca or similar solution.

 

[sofiapartner]

I hate them.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Also you may report to spamhaus.org

 

[Rachel Mcdonalds]

Getting spam for your domains is part of the job No way around that.

true that

 

[MR Harrist]

everyday I almost got email more than 100, sometime 200! if I don't check my inbox in week, I get thousand email! so 1 or two more spamer coming to my inbox, that will not surprise me! :D
but I have to be honest! in past when I first using, email! I always wait, and wondering, why I never get email and everytime I got email from someone, I always happy! especially email from MR. Kutu :D lol!