DISH Networks spam - kerplunc!
Update (Feb 16 - 11:46 a.m.)
No response from the DISH Network media contact. Nothing further from Matt @ kerplunc who included the phrase 'legal opt out' in his last email which, in my experience, is spammer speak for 'our unsolicited commercial email isn't spam because you can opt out'. Particularly since his 'client' didn't include any of the information required by US law (it's a US company pitching a service available only to US residents but, spammers being spammers, also being sent to Canadian recipients). One of those required bits is information about who is sending the email and providing a method for unsubscribing from their list.
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When you visit the home page of a domain name used to send junk mail - and it contains nothing more than a 'We are not spammers' rant, you know you've found a rat. A live rat.
Here's the text from the home page at http://sunsetresources.net -
Anti-Spam and Privacy StatementToday, more than ever, privacy is a huge concern among people throughout the world. Although this system allows businesses to obtain and retain customers through e-mail marketing, we understand the importance of privacy and therefore respect the expectations of the public. This system does not distribute or sell members confidential information.
This e-mail system is utilized for sending permission-based e-mail from companies to their opt-in customers and partners.
We are strongly opposed to unsolicited e-mail. Under the terms of our customer contract, we will not knowingly allow a customer to use our product to distribute SPAM, nor allow unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE). In regards to our enterprise software solution, we will not knowingly sell to companies that send or plan to send UCE/SPAM.
We do not retain e-mail address information after our users delete from our servers. We do not monitor or limit our users from creating e-mail messages. We do, however, quickly and fervently respond to notification of violations or abuses of our Terms of Service, including failure to honor opt-outs.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, please forward a copy of the e-mail in question to abuse@tr4x.net.
The ownership of sunsetresources.net is hidden behind a privacy screen. And you'll never guess what the situation is like for tr4x.net...
I stopped there, because I didn't really know what the situation was at this point, but thought I'd lead you on.
So let's be fair about this and check on tr4x.net: ownership information hidden. Going to http://tr4x.net we get a page telling us 'This account has been suspended."
Hard to tell if that means anything, since what's on the home page isn't necessarily indicative of what's happening inside the domain.
One of the players is kerplunc.com based in British Columbia. Matt from kerplunc answered several emails today. I've asked to talk to him and his client.
-g
