[LINK] More on spamming from the PMs son's company

[rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au]

Howard Lowndes wrote:

>On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 18:53, Stilgherrian wrote:
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>>At 18:40 +1000 28/8/04, Ash Nallawalla wrote:
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>>>[snip]
>>>This range is owned by Pacific Internet.
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>>>http://www.whois.sc/reverse-ip/210.23.135.54
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>>Ash, am I correct in assuming this is a database which has been 
>>constructed in exactly the way I described in my post just a few 
>>minutes ago? Or is this just a reverse-DNS lookup?
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>I think you will find that the Lib have been building this database for
>a while.  I think every Lib (and probably Lab and Nat) pollie office and
>candidate has been told to forward every email address they can get
>their hands on to central office.  I recall reading something along
>these lines only the other day, probably on ABC.
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Andrew Robb built the Libs' database in the first instance, over a 
period of several years. It had reached several million contituent names 
by 1999, when he moved to Axciom Australia (in which capacity I 
interviewed him, hence this datum!).

With the database already built, it would be then moderately 
straightforward to add e-mails as appropriate. About $100 to $1000 per 
thousand individuals (depending on database quality and depth of 
demographic - for name, address and e-mail I guess lower rather than 
higher). This is the range of prices publishers will quote for direct 
mail campaigns to the subscriber database.

RC

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>>If it's "just" reverse-DNS, then it wouldn't be of that much use 
>>because many web hosting providers wouldn't bother setting up 
>>reverse-DNS entries for domains hosted on shared servers. Indeed, I 
>>suspect that the vast majority wouldn't do it.
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>>Stil
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