I am a NetEarthOne reseller and "howdoyou.com" spam was sent from my email address to my customers. This has also happened with ResellerClub and other registrars using the LogixBoxes platform. The spam uses the same affiliate ID (cid?=340001) that Reseller Club used in their blog post at http://blog.resellerclub.com/2010/08/19/win-up-to-10000-with-howdoyou-com/ See also: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=6979793 Anyone else?
Yesterday we sent across an email to some of your Customers with your branding, informing them about a contest that was being run by Verisign - Howdoyou.com. This is not the first time we have worked closely with Verisign to put forward an interesting promotion / offer to you. In fact, back in March 2010, we offered .COM Registrations @ $4.99 and $7.06 more recently. We have also in the last few months offered special rates on renewals and transfer-ins. All in all, we have been able to do all of this because of a close working relationship with Verisign where together we have been trying to understand and deliver compelling promos, offers and contests, which in turn help push Domain volumes that is of course mutually beneficial. 'Howdoyou.com' was one such endeavour to achieve the same effect. It's an interesting contest for you or your Customers to be able to showcase your business and what you have been able to achieve as a result of your .COM-driven online presence. As it stands, on hindsight, we probably could have tackled this in a better fashion, and we appologize for having inconvenienced you or your Customers in any way whatsoever. While we perceived this as an interesting opportunity for you to participate in or promote to your clients, we acknowledge and respect your judgement on this entire issue. We have always strived towards a symbiotic and a transparent relationship with all our Resellers and all of our endeavours have been to achieve this very goal. Obviously we do intend to be twice and thrice as careful under similar scenarios going forward. _______________________ Team Resellerclub Domain Name Registrar