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Old 03-04-2010, 12:53 AM  
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Bullshit.
Bullshit? Here's the letter they send out after a spam complaint:

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Dear ********,

If you are not able to give us the opt in information we have requested this places you in violation of your registration agreement and Go Daddy's anti-spam policy.More information on Go Daddy's Anti-Spam policy can be found at https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/no_spam.asp Go Daddy has a strict anti-spam policy, as the registrant of ****.COM you are ultimately responsible for the use of your domain name, any email mail advertisement that is driving traffic to, or creating revenue for, your website or domain name is your responsibility.

This also applies to the actions of any party generating this traffic or revenue on your behalf. This includes, but is not limited to, 3rd party marketers, business partners, mailing list providers and affiliates.Please keep in mind that it is not our intention to cause anyone's business to suffer and we do appreciate you cooperating with us on this matter. Because of your cooperation and willingness to resolve this issue thus far, your services have not been interrupted, but this situation remains unresolved.We present to you the following solution to resolve this issue:First, reply to ******************** with a statement that you (or your employees, affiliates, 3rd party marketers, etc.) will no longer send messages to individuals that did not ask to receive information specifically from your domain name.Second, include in this statement authorization for GoDaddy.com to charge a $199 non-refundable administration fee to the credit card on file for your account (you may want to log into your Go Daddy account and confirm that the card on file is valid and has not expired).

Go Daddy believes this solution to be a fair one that will ensure that you will correct the problem on your end, and prevent any future violations of Go Daddy's Anti-Spam policy. Additionally your services are not interrupted and your customers and affiliates are not inconvenienced. If you reply with this statement and agree to pay this fee, Go Daddy will accept this, in good faith, as proof of your commitment to correct this problem. If not, your domain name may be immediately redirected and your service suspended.Please be aware that Go Daddy will continue to monitor this situation.

If in the future it is determined that this problem persists, your domain name may be immediately redirected. We do realize additional complaints resulting from this mailing may come in and we will of course consider this, and contact you before taking any action.Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, Spam and Abuse Department – GoDaddy.com
They charge $199 to get your domain back after a spam complaint.

How about this?

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I had one of my domain names held hostage by them about 5 months ago. They told me they had received a complaint about spam for my domain and so I was required to pay $199USD. I told them to fuck off and wanted to transfer the domain to netsol, but godaddy REFUSED to allow me to transfer without first paying them the $200. I took me more than a month of yelling at their 'managers' on the phone who didn't give a shit about ICANN regulations before they allowed the transfer
How about Godaddy suspends a domain for ONE COMPLAINT from Myspace over 1 EMAIL that was part of a mailing list archive and not sent from the suspended domain? The owner of that domain didn't do anything wrong and his domain was suspended.

And what about ICANN taking action on Godaddy's 60 day prohibition of transfers which is against ICANN rules?

Godaddy is not to be trusted
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