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Zeon: Maybe they should just start publishing SPF records......
richms: They could deploy some spf records so that the spoofing doesn't work. Not hard except that all their customers with incorrect smtp settings would find emails being blackholed.
1101: Quote from Telecoms status page, today
"Yahoo have advised us that they are experiencing an email security threat, which we have reason to believe may have compromised some Xtra email customers’ accounts."
So, have more a/c's been hacked or not ??
Is the current round of spam, from last years stolen contact lists, or a new issue ??
Do Telecom even know whats going on, are yahoo being honest & up front with the issue ??
BT moved all their customers off yahoo last year due to these issues, so it is possible . Are Telecom locked into Yahoo with a contract
or do Telecom simply not want to put the time & $$ into moving away from Yahoo email ?
1101: And finally the explanation as to why Telecom cant dump Yahoo
This would had to have been one of the more stupid decisions, management were getting paid how much ?
If customers loose the @xtra adress, many will have no good reason to stay with Telecom as their ISP
"....When Telecom outsourced Xtra to Yahoo in 2007, it handed over the rights to the Xtra internet domain to Yahoo.
That means that if it now dropped the service, it could not guarantee customers would be able to retain their existing email addresses"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/30013748/no-end-in-sight-for-xtra-agony
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domain_datebilleduntil: 2015-01-01T00:00:00+13:00
domain_datelastmodified: 2013-12-21T01:35:54+13:00
domain_delegaterequested: yes
domain_signed: no
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registrar_name: Domainz Limited
registrar_address1: Private Bag 1810
registrar_city: Wellington
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registrar_phone: +64 4 473 4567
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registrar_email:@domainz.net.nz
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registrant_contact_name: Telecom IP Limited
registrant_contact_address1: P O Box 949
registrant_contact_city: WELLINGTON
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registrant_contact_phone: +64 44 738278
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admin_contact_name: A J Park
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technical_contact_name: Xtra Limited
technical_contact_address1: Private Bag 92028
technical_contact_address2: Auckland New Zealand
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technical_contact_phone: +64 9 355 5200
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surfisup1000: Jeez, telecom have really played fast and loose with their customer data.
I wonder why telecom tolerate such frequent hacks to their customer email accounts? It is getting to the point where I think telecom enjoys letting their customers be hacked.
I've largely moved away from using my telecom email now. It is just getting way too many hacks.
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thegeekboy:surfisup1000: Jeez, telecom have really played fast and loose with their customer data.
I wonder why telecom tolerate such frequent hacks to their customer email accounts? It is getting to the point where I think telecom enjoys letting their customers be hacked.
I've largely moved away from using my telecom email now. It is just getting way too many hacks.
The problem here is that Telecom no longer have any control over the Xtra brand.
Yahoo own the domain and rights to Xtra 100%. That happened back in 2011.
There's no way that those Xtra customers can leave Yahoo - and also keep their Xtra email addresses.
http://techday.com/telco-review/news/telecom-sells-yahooxtra-stake/19896/
Lazarui:thegeekboy:surfisup1000: Jeez, telecom have really played fast and loose with their customer data.
I wonder why telecom tolerate such frequent hacks to their customer email accounts? It is getting to the point where I think telecom enjoys letting their customers be hacked.
I've largely moved away from using my telecom email now. It is just getting way too many hacks.
The problem here is that Telecom no longer have any control over the Xtra brand.
Yahoo own the domain and rights to Xtra 100%. That happened back in 2011.
There's no way that those Xtra customers can leave Yahoo - and also keep their Xtra email addresses.
http://techday.com/telco-review/news/telecom-sells-yahooxtra-stake/19896/
Yahoo!Xtra was just the Yahoo.co.nz homepage, it was similar to the Xtra MSN from earlier on they used to have and is similar to the the old BT/Yahoo relationship that used to exsist, Telecom still is the registra holder of @xtra.co.nz.
There is nothing that says Telecom has ever sold on the @xtra.co.nz Domain I'm yet to see one piece of evidence that supports this suppsoed 'fact'
res: I see Chris Quin was on the radio misleading people yesterday:
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