Re: Spam on play-by-mail.com?

From: Hugh Bayer <hughb@vbe.com>

Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 05:26:54 +0000

It seems that the play-by-mail.com domain was bought by the latest owner on
4/9/2001.

If Kerry reads this, or someone here can provide me with current contact info for
Kerry please let me know.

I'm very curious as to how long the domain sat expired.

Thanks much,

Hugh

MadCentral wrote:

> >>I appreciate that this isn't Madhouse's fault, or Kerry's fault - but I'm
> worried that it's generally bad for the hobby.
> Can anything be done to remove the porn spammer?<<
>
> Theres nothing can be done about a company that buys up a domain name for its
> own use, no.  After all, it could just as easily be playbymailadventure.com or
> pbmpowersite.come or whatever else they want to buy a domain called.
>
> If you are actually spammed there are all sorts of things you can do, as I
> understand it.  But I dont think anybody is suggesting they are actually
> spamming people, just that they have bought the site because it seemed like it
> might be worth some money (although I dont think it really is) and that in the
> meantime they've got a link to a porn site on there.
>
> Either way, I dont think its something to particularly worry about.  I just
> hope the old search engines dont point madhouse enquiries there too often...
> that could get embarrasing! <grin>
>
> Steve
> -Madhouse UK

References

Spam on play-by-mail.com?
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:37:30 +0000
Re: Spam on play-by-mail.com?
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:11:00 +0000

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Spam on play-by-mail.com?
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:37:30 +0000
Re: Spam on play-by-mail.com?
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:11:00 +0000