If Macromedia had sent emails to webmaster§comecfmdomain.com.au then I could almost accept that. Even better, if they had visited the website, and taken the contact email from the site, and sent it to the correct person there there would have been little complaint. Better again, that they run this against their list of registered users, and work out which ISPs are hosting which clients so the ISPs don't get bombarded unnecessarily. The fact is, that the two domains that I was contacted about were registered when I ran an ISP business about 3 years ago, the only reason I received the email is that the people who now manage the domains in question are ignorami who have no concept of how to keep AUNIC technical contacts updated when they redelegate domain names. I in fact have NEVER used cold fusion on ANY website that I have managed, and what's more I am now more than ever unlikely to do so. Macromedia decided that it wanted to cut down on people allegedly illegally using their software, so, they sent a spider around all the .COM.AU domains they could get their hands on (I'm not sure if this was before or after they asked for the list from AUDA) and they then noted which happened to be using some .CFM extensions. It then simply sent emails to the AUNIC contacts for the domains. That AUDA permitted this to occur is appalling. This is complete, total, and utter laziness on behalf of Macromedia, and shows a complete disregard for due process and correct customer relationship management. Still absolutely outraged. Andrew Heath -----Original Message----- From: majordomo-owner§koala.aussie.net [mailto:majordomo-owner§koala.aussie.net]On Behalf Of Clemens Vermeulen Sent: Monday, 10 December 2001 1:08 PM To: aussie-isp§aussie.net Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] Macromedia SPAM Quoting Andrew Heath <andrew§bluetongue.com>: > What an outrage... > > I have just been spammed by Macromedia ADVERTISING cold fusion, and > essentially saying that they need to have ColdFusion registered if it > is > being used on a site. This appears to be an incorrect reading of the macromedia e-mail. They said: > You have received this email because you are listed as a contact for the > Internet domain(s), CHANGEDTHIS.COM.AU in the AUNIC database. We have > identified one or more web sites in these domains that are serving pages > using ColdFusion; our popular application server software. My reading of their paragraph suggests that when you APPEAR TO BE USING COLDFUSION on a web site, you should register your copy of ColdFusion.... That appears to be a reasonable request..... (to me) -- Best regards, Clemens Vermeulen System Administrator -------------------- Alternative News Network http://altnews.com.au/ ---- email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to majordomo§aussie.net to be removed.Received on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 00:00:00 UTC
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