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Hi,
I am starting a website to help people with their personal finances. I am comfortable enough that I will place my name and possible picture on the internet, but I will not leave up my address or phone number.
I want to know whether ID Protection/WhoIsGuard (from ASO and NameCheap respectively) will benefit me.
Does the IDProtection/WhoIsGuard really block out unwanted spam email/mail??
Thanks!
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, Nov 07 2011 10:54 PM
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#3 Kevin
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Posted 08 November 2011 - 08:41 AM
jednorozec, on 08 November 2011 - 06:35 AM, said:
The WhoIsGuard from NameCheap works well and is free the first year and fairly cheap after that.
I realize that, however how useful it is?
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Posted 08 November 2011 - 10:26 AM
Kevin, on 08 November 2011 - 08:41 AM, said:
jednorozec, on 08 November 2011 - 06:35 AM, said:
The WhoIsGuard from NameCheap works well and is free the first year and fairly cheap after that.
I realize that, however how useful it is?
Your contact details will not get displayed in the public whois records.
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Posted 08 November 2011 - 01:38 PM
Note however, that if this is a business, many people distrust commerical endeavors that hide their location and contact details.
Most spam originates from e-mail harvesting from web pages, not domain records.
Most spam originates from e-mail harvesting from web pages, not domain records.
Obsolescence is just a lack of imagination.
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#6 Kevin
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Posted 08 November 2011 - 03:41 PM
It's not really a business. I'm mostly doing the website for fun and to help friends and family. If it does grow a big enough base, I might install some affiliate marketing.
It seems like as long as I don't report my address on the webpage, I won't get spam?
It seems like as long as I don't report my address on the webpage, I won't get spam?
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Posted 09 November 2011 - 02:01 PM
No one can for sure say won't, but harvesting e-mails from domain registrations is a laborious process (relatively) and the addresses you would glean would be technical and admin addresses so those are not only the sorts of people you wouldn't make money on, but are just the sort you' would p*ss off royally and have the skills usually to makew things difficult for you in return. That akes DNS mail harvesting an area used only by the most desperate.
By far and away the main source of e-mail addresses for spammers are harvesting them off web sites. There are ways to protect you e-mail address on a web site as well. The second largest source for harvesting addresses is newsgroups.
By far and away the main source of e-mail addresses for spammers are harvesting them off web sites. There are ways to protect you e-mail address on a web site as well. The second largest source for harvesting addresses is newsgroups.
Obsolescence is just a lack of imagination.
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