Somewhat related: http://www.purple.com
I am so confused by this. I was even more confused after I read the FAQ. I have so many questions now. One of them is: What's the point?
So many questions, and so much purple. Also see http://notpurple.com/.
Gail, not Gmail
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Re: Gail, not Gmail
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's her personal site, and it looks like she just wants to be left alone. You get real, not everything is about money.
Sorry, but at some point logic and reason take over. No one's mentioning money grubbing capitalism here at the expense of someone else... What we have here is literally a blank page, that offers no value to the reader. Perhaps if they showed something worthwhile I could understand. Yet, It's only a pat-myself-on-the-back message how they defend their name. So they USE the name to talk about how they're protecting the…
> What we have here is literally a blank page, that offers no value to the reader. Perhaps if they showed something worthwhile I could understand.
Domain names aren't just there to resolve IPs for the web. You can have any online service resolve to it. More specifically people often buy domain names just for personalised email.
It's also worth noting that your point is directly refuted by the very first QA on her FAQ:
> Q: Why isn't there any content here?
> A: All personal web content is hidden on back pages to conserve bandwidth.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#63gotta wait for perishment.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
How about if you monetised it by phishing, pretending to actually be gmail.com?
How about punching a policeman, instead, and cut down on the time until you are transferred to a cell?
There's nothing wrong with receiving emails.
I don't think it's actually illegal to do that. Just a bit morally off.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#65I would be tempted to implement a custom SMTP server that accepts every email as if that target mailbox exists and collect them on a nosql db (just for curiosity and technical challenge) though I have no idea if I'd face any legal issues.
Or just pretend that you are a gmail mail server and store the credentials that are transmitted when people add the account to their mail app.
Would DMARC not prevent this?
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#66Someone from Bosnia registered http://microsoft.ba/ - and is showing Linux logos there! He's been holding onto the domain for years, now.
That's funny. I guess if they try to make their site look like a legit Microsoft site then they'll be in a lot of trouble.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#67Somewhat related: http://www.purple.com
Also in fun domain-related trivia: http://nissan.com/
So you can have a last name, use it as your trademark first, file all sorts of documents, get two domains, and then be put through the hoops by a forign company?
That's crazy. This guy whould have been awarded damages. He was the first to use Nissan in America before the auto-company in 1984.
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#68I once worked with a guy who had a domain that is the name of a major bank in my country (i.e. he owned {bank_name}.xyz and the bank's domain is {bank_name}-bank.xyz). Somehow he managed to hold on to it over the years. Anyway, he had a catch-all email account for the domain, an sometimes interesting stuff would arrive. One day he showed me an email he had just received from a major investment firm that read more or…
Smells like phishing to me :) An email trying to pass as a normal workplace email.
I'm sure a vast majority of it was phishing, but you may be surprised to know how many and how often people send info like that over unencrypted email.
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#69So there's really no way for a company to take over a domain if they have a legitimate reason? My company's dot com shows what looks to be a low value video. I've reached out to the guy a few years ago and he simply replied that there were some things that money couldn't buy... Petal.com if you're interested. I'd love to have that domain, and yeah it's affecting our brand.
Likely it was not enough money %)
Re: Gail, not Gmail
#70Also interesting in this space....
Microsoft vs a High School Kid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._MikeRoweSoft
Google fails to win dispute for oogle.com: http://blog.dnattorney.com/2012/07/google-loses-ooglecom-dom...
Julia Roberts gets control of her namesake domain, but Bruce Springsteen does not: http://www.ivanhoffman.com/bruce.html