[UA-discuss] Email from new domains going to Junk (was: Requesting a contact from outlook/hotmail)

[Elaine Pruis]

Thanks for sharing this Mark. Very interesting to see how new TLDs are
treated.

On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 11:13 AM John Levine <john.levine at standcore.com>
wrote:

> In article <
> BN6PR21MB01305DAB5A84CBC7A57B09ACD12C0 at BN6PR21MB0130.namprd21.prod.outlook.com>
> you write:
> >Regarding the newer TLDs, the % legitimate traffic registering them is
> microscopic.  I’ve been told by a spammer that periodically domains in these
> >TLDs are available for sale in bulk for cents and therefore very much
> loved by spammers (.bid, .club as well).
>
> This is the main point.  I don't know anyone who's blocking new TLDs
> just for being new, other than a few hobbyists.  But if you think
> about it for a few minutes, the only people who want bulk TLDs are
> crooks, for spam or for phish and malware landing pages.  It is
> entirely reasonable to block an otherwise little used TLD if you see a
> spike of abuse from it.
>
> R's,
> John
>
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