[Tfug] [OT] Domain name registrars: picks/pans?

[Tyler Kilian]

Were the domains HOSTED by godaddy, or are they simply the  
registrar?  Is it a registrar's obligation to lock a domain for any  
given "inappropriate use?"  As far as I know, there is no ICANN  
provision that states a spammer cannot register a domain name and as  
far as I know there is no provision for a registrar to make these  
value judgments.  Even if so, would you want a registrar doing this  
anyway?

Simply put, it's the responsibility of an ISP--not a registrar--to  
curtail spam originating from their network and even that process is  
very difficult to enforce to the standards that people like you  
entail.  It's very easy to state that an ISP should "stop spam," but  
if you have to actually work in the industry, you'll see that the  
process is much more difficult.  Ask any ISP admin and they'll tell  
you a horror story about an inappropriate use of RBL, for example.

Lastly, I should mention that you are on a FREE UNIX list...I'd have  
suspected you didn't want the corporate "man" to shelter you from the  
big bad spammer.  it's generally against the grain of open source  
groups such as TFUG to want someone making arbitrary assessments of  
what is appropriate or not.