At http://complainterator.com please find the full package for version 21.6 dated May 22, 2008.

21.6 accommodates Xin Net and Beijing Innovative who have used null addresses 4.4.4.1, 4.4.4.2, 4.4.4.3 for name servers

21.5 fixed a problem with .mobi domains

21.4 fixed a problem where lookups failed for domains on .kg (their whois server is faulty)

21.3 has updates to Registrar name server protection, contact addresses, and left/right mouse handling, and also support for the Minefield browser

21.2 has an improved message trailer to report incorrect mail addresses, updates to the contact list, and updates to the registrar DNS protection list.

New in version 21.0 was an in-built table of the top 100 registrar's name server domain names. Previous versions would generate a request to the registrar to remove their own name servers, and users were required to detect these and not send them.

With this version, the likelihood of generating invalid requests is greatly reduced. No more will you see requests to Yahoo, or Google etc. to remove their own servers. You will just see a quick pop-up message informing you that the server detected was either already shut down, or belongs to a registrar, and no message will be generated.

Users are still expected to view the generated message before sending, and also to add additional evidence, such as

* links to the EU spam wiki at http://www.spamtrackers.eu/wiki
* links to Site Advisor at http://siteadvisor.com/sites/{sitename}
* links to Spamhaus evidence at http://spamhaus.org

Thanks!

P.S. can you change the subject line from '20.1' to '21.0' ?

Yes - thanks.

The new feature is helpful to DNS novices like me - nonetheless I'll continue to do my best not to request self-termination.

Forgive my typo's - the subject line is now changed to version 21.0

All working nicely, Tembow. I'm putting this here as it doesn't merit a thread of its own:

I Complainerated phqrmacyrxworld.info, and v21 correctly generates a report for Godaddy and brings up its new "already reported/name server" message to avoid reporting the registrar's own name server. The following encouraging-looking dnsstuff status report appears:

"Domain ID:D24328045-LRMS
Domain Name:PHQRMACYRXWORLD.INFO
Created On:02-Apr-2008 12:30:15 UTC
Last Updated On:02-Apr-2008 12:30:32 UTC
Expiration Date:02-Apr-2009 12:30:15 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com Inc. (R171-LRMS)
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:GODA-045764324"

together with what look like genuine registrant details. I clicked on the link (first time ever!) and it is still live ; so I got to pay my first ever visit to a Canadian Health site.

Is this an example of an incomplete removal? If so, are there simple instructions we can send to the name registrar on how to finish off the job?

During connection I noticed the message "waiting for www1.bjakerturn.com". Running that through Complainterator yields interesting results. Please could someone confirm and advise.

Thanks again.

Yea, there's been an increase in russian-registrar-use....likely because of the hammer that is beginning to fall ontop of XIN Net.....? Who knows...

But obviously, new registrar, means new rules, terms, conditions, etc....the spammers have found the hole (Russia is fairly lax on EVERYTHING from what I've seen.....they even sell rootkits on the streets so I hear....?) - so it's gonna take a lot to beat down these russian sites.

Look at the spam from all angles:

1_ malware (innocent users unknowingly infected by the malware that is running these webservers, nameservers, mail servers, etc...)
2_ botnets - well, I guess that coincides with the 1st...?
3_ fraud/identity theft (new site registrantions are likely registered using the financial details of past "customers"....? though I don't know if this can be backed-up...? Good possibility though).
4_ counterfeiting - Viagra, etc. - msot of the pharmaceuticals, jewelery, etc. is counterfeit, illegal to be selling (if the buyer even receives the item(s) they purchase), and most display fake certifications on their sites.
5_ fake logos/branding (many sites contain BBB logos which are fake, some show fake VeriSign or HackerSafe logos which are fake, these companies have abuse forms that can be filed through as well, to get them on the ball too).

Let 'em spam, it only makes the digital paper trail longer

Complainterator 21.0 still sometimes mixes up header and message body information; example

What is in thecomplainterator \Archive folder for b546ec5a89.com

The generated messages are OK, but the process of puting them into the email got interrupted, so that between posting the address and the body, the Outlook application lost focus.

I have not experienced this, so I will need to see if it is possible to avoid it.

Maybe I am the only one to experience this. My Outlook - connected to an Exchange Server, located at the other side of the planet - has a tendency to hang for a short while (just seconds) when it communicates with the server.

I usually notice the incorrect headers and correct them manually (or run the domain one more time). Maybe there is really nothing you can do on the Complainterator side.

Unzip this and put it into the existing folder, replacing complainterator.exe
See if that fixes the Outlook problem

obsolete version removed
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