Chris Farrar wrote:
>>> Godaddy is a reputable registrar. I have three domains registered
>>> with them. The don't sell spam address lists or function as a >>> spamhaus.
>>> What led you to jump to this particular conclusion?
>> Over the last several days Spamcop has blocked a considerable number
>> of emails to me, which all generated reports to Godaddy as the site >> orginating them.
> Well, there are two issues with GoDaddy. First, they register a ton of
> domains, some of which are registered by/for spammers.
> Second, they do offer mailing list services. I can resell those
> services as a WildWestDomains/GoDaddy reseller, but I refuse (I only
> do TrafficBlazer, domains and SSL certificates). In fact, when I have
> time over the next couple weeks, I'm going to email GD president Bob
> Parsons requesting that he drop the email service. It's just way too > easy to abuse.
> But the question is ... are you seeing emails coming from GoDaddy
> customers using their mailing list product? Or are you just seeing
> lots of spam from GoDaddy-registered domains? Both are bad. I'd argue
> that the former is a lot worse.
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I have seen both, more from the mailing though.
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