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How to protect your domain from getting spammed? (2013-10-11)
Spamming and hijacking is common scenario these days. The domain privacy has thus come into scanner and requires your attention. In this article Domain Privacy provider will be listing a few tips that will prevent you from getting spammed.
Track your Domain details regularly- Normally spammers and hackers use it to their advantage. They keep a track of your domain expiration and run an automated program that will signal them when your domain expires. So you must have an automated mail that sends you an auto renewal mails starting one week before the expiration. That will remind you about the domain privacy updating.
Proper contact Information- The contact information in your domain privacy account should have your or your organization name as the administrator. If it’s not possible for you to keep a track on your account, make a person as the immediate contact who is a senior executive in your company and trustworthy as well.
Careful when using free e-mail addresses- You should prefer using an official email address for the contact information. Your email address if not used on regular purpose then will lead to expiration of that email address and your Domain Proxy account as well. So if you use a free email service for domain information then upgrade it to avoid automatic expiration.
Do registrar lock on your domain- This will lock your domain record at the registry level and prevent it from being transferred, modified or deleted by a third party which provides domain privacy for your domain. This feature is very helpful in protecting your domain against having unauthorized transfers, spamming and hijacking. Well if your domain privacy provider doesn’t offer that consider shifting right away.
Carefully reply to domain related email addresses- Keep a close eye on the emails you reply or attend to. You must not reply to any and every email because that may cause future trouble to you. In case you are suspicious to any mail simply delete it permanently.
Add privacy domain provider name in your contact list- The domain privacy providers send regular email for correspondence and updates. If you don’t add it to your contact list then chances of that email getting spammed is very high. So make sure you do that to avoid any domain privacy issue.
Renew your account before the expiration date- To avoid missing your domain name you must renew your domain and privacy domain account much before the expiration date. Also prefer having a subscription for a longer duration.
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