The problem with owning a .co web address

[Firehorse]

The amount of spam you get thanks to the people missing the m off the .com version of the address! I had so much spam addressed to this guy I just had to email him and this is what it said:


Hello Neil,

I am the administrator for Ro******.co webmail accounts and we have been receiving a lot of spam mail addressed to you. I believe you must have missed the m off .com when entering your email into a malicious website. If you wish for me to forward any adverts of Viagra to you from my spam folder please let me know.

Thanks,
Dan.

(I blanked out the url cos it's a family name and I don't want even more spam sent to it!)

[Recursion]

It's like all the classic Porsche emails I get for the ***********.com dealership domain (I own .co.uk) :P

[Luke]

and that's why I LOVE having an extremely uncommon name :P

[Calvin]

The viagra emails take the piss, I have about 300 of them. :@

[iJoe]

The viagra emails take the piss, I have about 300 of them. :@

at least if you ever need it you know where to get it ;) haha

Can't you just set that spam assasin thing on cpanel to remove spam e-mails, or just set a divert so it if has the word viagra or pill in it just gets binned off :P

[GommeInc]

The viagra emails take the piss, I have about 300 of them. :@

It's a hint ;)

So what's the story behind the .co domain? When they mass-advertise domains like this they usually suggest the uses of the domain, like .eu for Europe. I haven't seen anything about .co, unless they think it's a short-handed view on co.uk.

[Firehorse]

It's a hint ;)

So what's the story behind the .co domain? When they mass-advertise domains like this they usually suggest the uses of the domain, like .eu for Europe. I haven't seen anything about .co, unless they think it's a short-handed view on co.uk.

.co was new in 2010. Officially it's columbia's address but they're hoping it will rival .com in the future. So far it's had more domain purchases per month than any other extension.


at least if you ever need it you know where to get it ;) haha

Can't you just set that spam assasin thing on cpanel to remove spam e-mails, or just set a divert so it if has the word viagra or pill in it just gets binned off :P

I use google apps to host my email