On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06
30 GMT, JJ wrote:
> Hello,
> I've got a couple of domains that I've only used for email addresses
> to a small circle of friends but I get scads of spam. One domain I
> haven't even used yet for email or web but it is hosted and it also
> gets buckets of spam - dictionary style to a bunch of names I've never
> used.
>
> I am suspecting someone else wants the domain and is spamming the
> daylights out of it in the hope of diminishing its utility and perhaps
> I'll give it up.
>
> I won't cave but I am curious how widespread this sort of thing is and
> if there is a formal name for this practice.
>
> I also wonder, if such a scheme were to succeed, wouldn't the new
> domain owner also have a problem with waves of spam or would they just
> let a small number of specific addresses through.
This is the first time I hear about getting spam for the purpose of letting
a domain name go. If you get a lot of spam, your host is doing a bad job
about it. Your host should have different antispam measures deployed.
At my host (below) for example, the measures include spam assassin, RBLs,
content filters, static filters plus you can create your own filters
through Webmail, client and server side including using regex. You can also
use black and white lists and challenge/response. You can receive 0 spam if
you want to make as tight as possible. A white list should enable you to
get 0 spam.
Worst case, keep the domain name and site and let a formal antispam company
handle your emails to your domain name, for a price or just get a free
Hotmail or Yahoo accounts. They handle spam pretty good.
Karim
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