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<blockquote data-quote="Vanster" data-source="post: 2226954" data-attributes="member: 104198"><p>I know first hand as it happened to me. This was for a totally obscure domain that I figured no one else would want, so I started to configure an email server and apache config for that domain on a home box. Then a couple of days later, I returned to the registrar that I had initially done the whois lookup on, and was shocked that the domain was taken! I gave that registrar a piece of my mind, "how dare youuuuuu!!!!!". Of course they must of thought I was a nutter, because they had nothing to do with it.</p><p></p><p>So I registered my next best name and a few days later noticed that the original name was now free. WTF? Then I discovered "domain tasting" and things started to click. It turns out some enterprising tech was scanning the net on port 25 for smtp servers, looking for the greeting message that often contains the server's domain name. They then would lookup the name, and if free, give it a taste for web/email traffic. If worth keeping, keep on tasting otherwise drop it.</p><p></p><p>So the lesson was, don't be an idiot and use a non registered name for anything until you own it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Pretty obvious, but alas. Lesson learned...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vanster, post: 2226954, member: 104198"] I know first hand as it happened to me. This was for a totally obscure domain that I figured no one else would want, so I started to configure an email server and apache config for that domain on a home box. Then a couple of days later, I returned to the registrar that I had initially done the whois lookup on, and was shocked that the domain was taken! I gave that registrar a piece of my mind, "how dare youuuuuu!!!!!". Of course they must of thought I was a nutter, because they had nothing to do with it. So I registered my next best name and a few days later noticed that the original name was now free. WTF? Then I discovered "domain tasting" and things started to click. It turns out some enterprising tech was scanning the net on port 25 for smtp servers, looking for the greeting message that often contains the server's domain name. They then would lookup the name, and if free, give it a taste for web/email traffic. If worth keeping, keep on tasting otherwise drop it. So the lesson was, don't be an idiot and use a non registered name for anything until you own it :) Pretty obvious, but alas. Lesson learned... [/QUOTE]
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