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Registrar Told To Stop Direct-Mail Scare-Tactics
kiwimate writes "This article says the Domain Registry of Europe has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to cease and desist on a direct mail campaign that was "distressing and intimdating to recipients" and "misleadingly exaggerated the importance and status of its content". The letter suggested that domain names should be renewed at least 30 days before they expired, and gave recipients an easy option of renewing through the DR of E. Having had to deal with this from an almost identically named company in America, the quoted phrases don't seem nearly as sneaky and dirty as some I've seen, but it's good to see a precedent."
I'm so sick of waking up with a severed horse's head in my bed every time I fail to re-register my domain.
If you really want them to stop sending you mail, then write "return to sender - recipient deceased" across the front.
Well, now that I think about it, it would a BOFHish thing to do.
Spooky.
Having had to deal with this from an almost identically named company in America, the quoted phrases don't seem nearly as sneaky and dirty as some I've seen
So you're saying the USA has the sneakiest registries? Why can't you americans accept that some people can be just as sneaky and dirty as you??
I think it's time someone made a "worldwide registry sneakiness index"!
RMN
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First of all, WHO are these people are getting distressed and intimidated by spam? They need some help.
Further....especially when it comes to real junk-mail in your postal mail box - the trend I've noticed is that the less important it is the more important they make the envelope look.
"Joe Smith, this is your ONE IN A FUCKING LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY TO ______________"
(get a secured visa gold, get dept consolidation, get pet food for cheap, get a new life insurance policy for your parrot, contact your long lost relative, help me transfer funds out of nigeria)
Save your postage-paid envelopes that come with credit card offerings and bogus credit card offers. Then, take them to work and mail them back with the spam faxes inside. This way, they have to pay for the postage to recive crap, and you use up those spam faxes! It's a win-win situation.
It may be funny, but it's funnier still that you had to tell the moderators that it was funny.
Then you'll get put on Microsoft's list of supporters.
Dear Sir/Madam/Fido,
Your domain name is in danger of being eaten alive by giant carnivorous roaches. To prevent this from happening, send us oodles of money every week for the rest of your natural existence.
Registrar Told To Stop Direct-Mail Scare-Tactics
Letter: Dear domain name owner: BOO!
Owner: EEP! *thud*
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