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  • Domain Expiry Renewal Reminder

    From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Thu Jul 15 11:38:34 2021
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I get regular reminders, apparently mandatory, that a domain I
    transferred to somebody else 8-10 years ago is about to expire.

    A lot of those are scams, using outdated details from when it was
    possible to harvest domain plus owner WHOIS records ...

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 15 10:18:54 2021
    I get regular reminders, apparently mandatory, that a domain I transferred
    to somebody else 8-10 years ago is about to expire. The latest is from no-reply@mainnameserver.com which doesn't seem to exist.

    I have no Domain Services Provider so there is nothing I can do.

    Is there any way to stop them or shall I just bin them?

    --
    Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
    There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
    who don't.

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  • From Philip Herlihy@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 15 12:32:22 2021
    In article <ilahhbFfpdmU1@mid.individual.net>, usenet@andyburns.uk says...

    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I get regular reminders, apparently mandatory, that a domain I
    transferred to somebody else 8-10 years ago is about to expire.

    A lot of those are scams, using outdated details from when it was
    possible to harvest domain plus owner WHOIS records ...

    I get things like this, but they are genuine. Apparently, because I'm no longer the registrant, I can't tell them to take my email address off the record!

    "Data Protection."

    I was once told by a cat's home that they couldn't divulge the temporary name they'd assigned to an otherwise unknown cat that has been handed in deceased.

    "Data Protection."

    --

    Phil, London

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Philip Herlihy on Thu Jul 15 14:11:07 2021
    Philip Herlihy wrote:

    Andy Burns wrote:

    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I get regular reminders, apparently mandatory, that a domain I
    transferred to somebody else 8-10 years ago is about to expire.

    A lot of those are scams, using outdated details from when it was
    possible to harvest domain plus owner WHOIS records ...

    I get things like this, but they are genuine.

    Sure you get genuine ones, but that's the basis for getting fake ones,
    often a week or two before the genuine renewals ones are due, to
    increase the 'ring of truth'.

    Apparently, because I'm no
    longer the registrant, I can't tell them to take my email address off the record!

    "Data Protection."

    I was once told by a cat's home that they couldn't divulge the temporary name they'd assigned to an otherwise unknown cat that has been handed in deceased.

    "Data Protection."

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 15 15:19:01 2021
    On 15/07/2021 in message <ilaqfdFhdsqU1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
    wrote:

    Sure you get genuine ones, but that's the basis for getting fake ones,
    often a week or two before the genuine renewals ones are due, to increase
    the 'ring of truth'.

    Many thanks for all the replies, I will ignore them :-)

    --
    Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
    That's an amazing invention but who would ever want to use one of them? (President Hayes speaking to Alexander Graham Bell on the invention of the telephone)

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Gaines on Thu Jul 15 15:54:07 2021
    On 15/07/2021 in message <xn0n0f4v4d5dsr002@news.individual.net> Jeff
    Gaines wrote:

    Many thanks for all the replies, I will ignore them :-)

    Sorry, that looks rude - I meant I will ignore the reminder emails!

    --
    Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
    George Washington was a British subject until well after his 40th birthday. (Margaret Thatcher, speech at the White House 17 December 1979)

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  • From Vir Campestris@21:1/5 to Philip Herlihy on Tue Jul 20 21:19:46 2021
    On 15/07/2021 12:32, Philip Herlihy wrote:
    In article <ilahhbFfpdmU1@mid.individual.net>, usenet@andyburns.uk says...

    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I get regular reminders, apparently mandatory, that a domain I
    transferred to somebody else 8-10 years ago is about to expire.

    A lot of those are scams, using outdated details from when it was
    possible to harvest domain plus owner WHOIS records ...

    I get things like this, but they are genuine. Apparently, because I'm no longer the registrant, I can't tell them to take my email address off the record!

    "Data Protection."

    I was once told by a cat's home that they couldn't divulge the temporary name they'd assigned to an otherwise unknown cat that has been handed in deceased.

    "Data Protection."

    The standard response should be "Oh, I must have missed that bit. Which section?" (of the act)

    Andy

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