Who is listed at findmyhost.com ?

I have applied to be listed as well, but not getting a response other than newsletters.

I have a feeling it is going to cost dearly to get listed on a website with that much age and from what I understand authority.
 
Findmyhost are SPAMMERS as i just got this pre sales support ticket. spammers are now using this method as they leave no direct email header to trace, but they forget that WHMCS logs thier IP 173.16.14.184 which will be reported to their upstream provider and banned from our servers.

Richard Guzzo
sales@findmyhost.com 26/10/2012 03:18

For a limited time FindMyHost.com is accepting a select few Web Hosting Companies to Apply for our Approved Host program.

Testing spots are very limited and not every Web Host will be accepted.

If you wish your company to be reviewed by our professional editors’ simply click the link below to submit your company before all testing spots are taken. We only require your permission to conduct testing of your services; nothing else is required on your end for our editors’.

http://blog.findmyhost.com/approved-host-signup

Application for the program costs NOTHING and only Web Hosts who respond quickly will be given a testing spot. After our limit has been reached, the application process will close and re-open on a yet to be determined date.

Our review process is very thorough and your company will be showcased on our network with a full report card. Our web host report cards are very popular with consumers and it’s sure to drive customers to your business.

Once your company review is completed, you will be listed on the FindMyHost.com network AT NO COST and your review will be made public to over 450,000+ unique visitors every month.

Cheers,
Rich


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IP Address: 173.16.14.184
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They just use signup form to shoot you with their e-newsletters, promoting some product/services from time to time. Though sometimes Richard Guzzo shares interesting information about hosting industry :)
 
euro-space said:
They just use signup form to shoot you with their e-newsletters, promoting some product/services from time to time. Though sometimes Richard Guzzo shares interesting information about hosting industry :)
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So as i have never contacted them or even visited thier website what would you call purposly sending this message through support ticket rather than general email.

SPAM which this Richard Guzzo knows exactly what he is doing as if he sent through general email it would leave an exact trace (email header) to the originating sender which you would need to report to services such as spamcop and some upstream providers.
 
easyhostmedia said:
So as i have never contacted them or even visited thier website what would you call purposly sending this message through support ticket rather than general email.

SPAM which this Richard Guzzo knows exactly what he is doing as if he sent through general email it would leave an exact trace (email header) to the originating sender which you would need to report to services such as spamcop and some upstream providers.
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That's a little too harsh, in my opinion. If you wanted to make sure a company receives your proposal and assigns it to the proper department/individual - using a helpdesk system makes sense.
 
Artashes said:
That's a little too harsh, in my opinion. If you wanted to make sure a company receives your proposal and assigns it to the proper department/individual - using a helpdesk system makes sense.
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I only have 2 departments open to non registered clients (pre-sales and reviews) and this message was sent to both. Spammers are starting to use ticket systems more and more to avoid leaving email headers. We get approx. a dozen a week using this method
 
Artashes said:
Which part?

Increased volume of spam through ticket system or receiving email messages from FindMyHost?
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Spam. We typically delete all e-mails that don't have a sales question in the title so never paid attention as to if we got one from them or not. We get a crazy amount of listings and seo offers every day.
 
We signed up and never receive a reply about our application. In fact all we ever received was a newsletter every 2-3 days.
 
SolidShellSecur said:
Spam. We typically delete all e-mails that don't have a sales question in the title so never paid attention as to if we got one from them or not. We get a crazy amount of listings and seo offers every day.
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If we get spam we always report this to spamcop, but if a spammer uses your sites support ticket system then they email notice you get is from your own system, but if they send spam through normal email you have a full header of where the email originated from, so you can report this to their upstream provider etc.

if you check through the WHMCS forum and even WHT it seems to be a more common thing now that spam is being sent through ticket systems as some spammer are under the impression that they leave no email header to trace them, but they dont realise that their IP is logged along with server logs of the entry to the system. but some providers (yahoo and google are 2) that will not do anything unless you can provide the full header showing the spammers details and timeline.
 
One idea so far would be to create a hook to filter key words might prevent this. Coming in to the office with a ticket list spammed is never fun. ;/
 
GF-Alex said:
I think you have to be invited to be in that site.
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no, their is a link at the bottom (footer) of their home page where any host can apply, but as they spam you and as other on seem to have stated all tyhey do is send newsletters etc. then it just goes to show they are just spammers and are only interested in building up a list of emails to spam.
 
We're deleting a testing hosting account we've provided them 7 months ago for free, as they never even logged in to check if our plans do fit their "standards".
 
I initially thought this was something similar to WhoIsHostingThis.com, but I see it is not the case.

It is a paid directory for web hosting providers. I don't really like the site's design, but I skimmed the lists of companies they show, and I am pretty impressed with how many of them there are...
 
Obelix said:
It is a paid directory for web hosting providers. I don't really like the site's design, but I skimmed the lists of companies they show, and I am pretty impressed with how many of them there are...
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the way he spams they may have just added them hosts to make their site look good and attract others so they can harvest emails to send their newsletters etc. as if you read through this thread it seems this is all that happens
 
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