Re: [nznog] [OT] Fwd: 100,000 Reasons ...

Don't whinge. If you don't like 'em move! Then they won't send you any emails at all. Barry Murphy wrote:

I see no tick box under domainz where it says I wish to receive emails from them, so this is spam to me, even though they had an unsubscribe link in the footer of their email. From what the way they word the emails, they saying they have been in the domain registry for years and that you should stick with them, this just shows how they are using their old monopoly.

I think they are targeting the n00b's out there that think the email was sent directly to them one by one, as they mention it's not a mass mailout when it actually was. I received a reply from my NZnog post for starting this thread and this is what they had to say.

<quote> On the 29th July you should receive an email from the Domain Name Commissioner asking you to choose a new Registrar as part of the new competitive market for .nz domain names. We are sending this email to all our direct customers as we would like to continue as your Registrar. </quote>

so it _WAS_ a mass mailout if they sending it to all their direct customers. I didn't wish to be a customer of theirs when registering the domain, but there was no other option at the time. I didn't see myself as a customer, but rather as a peasant forced to use their service.

Barry

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Foster" To: Cc: ; Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [nznog] [OT] Fwd: 100,000 Reasons ...

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Does Domainz have the right to communicate with its clients?

If you use Domainz as your Registrar, they have the right to communicate with you, right? The OpenSRS was implimented some time back; Its approaching the stage where everyone who had a domain prior to the OpenSRS has probably had their yearly rollover; and as a result has had opportunity to change registrar when renewing. I don't see anything wrong with Domainz communicating with people who have *chosen* to remain with them. ? (Opinions are mine and mine alone... etc)

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On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 01:14:43PM +1200, barry(a)unix.co.nz wrote:

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Anyone else receiving spam which "is not part of a mass mailout"?

Yes.

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