How much junk (snail) Mail do you get because of your WhoIs info?

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    How much junk (snail) Mail do you get because of your WhoIs info?

    i get TONS weekly..
     
    eHoez.com, Aug 19, 2007 IP
  2. HostingDeals

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    Nothing at all.
     
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    none. my whois is private :)
     
    donnyanm, Aug 19, 2007 IP
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    My whois is Public - PO BOX, but I have never gotten any Spam mail.
     
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  5. eHoez.com

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    i sometimes get offers to buy, is the reason why i dont set to private
     
    eHoez.com, Aug 19, 2007 IP
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    None.
    Maybe because I live in Australia and maybe it's US residents only mailings - because of cost.
     
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    I get some, mostly business credit card offers and sometimes domain registration solicitations.

    The domains are tricky. I know better, but they try to take advantage of people who don't. Random registrars send emails about your "expiring domain" and offer to renew your registration. Of course, they are really trying to get you to transfer a domain to them, and they usually have ridiculously high rates. It's obviously just a way to trick domain owners who don't know much about domains.
     
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    nshadab Well-Known Member

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    I do have Public whois. But till date havent got any snail mail in last 5 years.
     
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    My Whois is private, so I've never gotten any mail concerning it.
     
    tennisplayer89, Aug 20, 2007 IP
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    never had anything
     
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    I get the occasional domain renewal scam from some jerkoff registrar here in Canada that wants like $55 a year or some shit for a .com, and every few months the eBay seminar scammers send me their free invite to a seminar with a cheap meal, other than that it's usually the odd phone call every few months from some web development company that wants to design and host a site for me. LMAO I remember the first time they called, they started their spiel about how they wanted to help me set up my website, and I was like, ok well I own a whole bunch of domains, what site exactly are you referring to.. And the chick was like um, er it's your Kinky Sluts .org site. LMAO I dont even think they bother checking the name of the domain before they call, she sounded a little uncomfortable. Boy I could have had fun with that call, I was just annoyed though because they woke me up. (Like, learn time zones when you're calling from another zone, you called me at 7:30 am you dinks) I almost said, no that's ok, I've got enough kinky sluts around here to make the site work already, I don't need another one :D
     
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    Oh, I forgot about the eBay seminars. I get those invites too every now and then.
     
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    TONS? How much does one email physically weigh? :D

    just kidding.

    I don't think I get much. I use a lot of spam filters and Google has pre-made ones that do a relatively good job. I get pissed though sometimes because they throw stuff I want to keep in the spam folder. But I suppose you have to take the good with the bad. ;)
     
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    I have a public whois on a number of websites I own, have never gotten an anything.
     
    Lev05, Aug 20, 2007 IP
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    i have many domain .. so i have private as well as public whois ... believe me i get like 500+ spam daily !!!!
     
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    My name and address does appear on some of my domains, but the only junk mail I've got is from scammers claiming that the domains I have only just purchased are due to expire and can I pay over the odds to renew them :D
     
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    I have about 1000 domains and almost all are public and I have never receive any junk mail.
     
    scriptillusion, Aug 20, 2007 IP