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

[Mark Svancarek (CELA)]

I can conceive of a scenario where every instance of a particular IOT device receives a unique domain name  in the same way it receives a MAC address and unique serial number; the domain name could in fact be its serial number.  That would be a legit example for bulk acquisition of domain names.  Of course, in this scenario, those domain names will be well known to the vendor and their partners, and can be completely untrusted by anyone else without loss of functionality.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Levine <john.levine at standcore.com> 
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 11:14
To: ua-discuss at icann.org
Cc: Mark Svancarek (CELA) <marksv at microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Email from new domains going to Junk (was: Requesting a contact from outlook/hotmail)

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