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Excessive Spam, Junk Mail from "geeksquad" email address?
Experiencing some frustration with the following, and thought to see if anyone else is having this issue and/or have found a solution. I've been getting an excessive amount of spam/junk for the la...
Sender "From" field is geeksquad at emailinfo.geeksquad.com with domain GEEKSQUAD.COM extracted from return path.
This domain HAS an MX server, meaning it can receive email.
This domain DOES appear in the .com zone file, so it is a real domain.
We have received 702 ✓ complaints about this domain.
Domain IS NOT on the Spam.org Block List (SOBL).
Whois info for geeksquad.com
Registrar for this domain is MARKMONITOR with 10775 ✓ complaints and IANA ID 292.
Domain was registered on 1995-08-19 and expires on 2022-08-18.
Registrant is DOMAIN ADMINISTRATOR with organization BBY SOLUTIONS, INC. and email is email address removed for privacy reasons.
Abuse complaints for domains at this registrar can be sent to email address removed for privacy reasons.
View live and historical ownership information on 3rd party site domainIQ.
Registry info for geeksquad.com
Registry controlling the .com extension is VERISIGN, INC. with 74833 ✓ complaints.
We have received 182460 ✓ complaints for the .com extension.
Zone / DNS info for geeksquad.com
We found this domain in the latest .com zone file, so it is a real domain.
This domain is using AKAM.NET 2664 ✓ as its DNS server.
There are 62,792 domain names using the same DNS server.
The .com extension has 156,718,031 domain names.
Web crawl info for geeksquad.com
We did discover content when crawling this domain.
The web site is hosted on 104.101.181.159 which is associated with AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC..
MX / Mail Server info for geeksquad.com
Found 2 mail servers authorized to receive email for this domain.
Mail server mxa-002a6b01.gslb.pphosted.com with IP 67.231.153.219
Mail server mxb-002a6b01.gslb.pphosted.com with IP 67.231.144.196
SPF info for geeksquad.com
Found 18 mail server IPs (or subnets) authorized to send email for this domain.
Email sent from 1 which IS NOT authorized to send emails on behalf of @geeksquad.com
This domain HAS an MX server, meaning it can receive email.
This domain DOES appear in the .com zone file, so it is a real domain.
We have received 702 ✓ complaints about this domain.
Domain IS NOT on the Spam.org Block List (SOBL).
Whois info for geeksquad.com
Registrar for this domain is MARKMONITOR with 10775 ✓ complaints and IANA ID 292.
Domain was registered on 1995-08-19 and expires on 2022-08-18.
Registrant is DOMAIN ADMINISTRATOR with organization BBY SOLUTIONS, INC. and email is email address removed for privacy reasons.
Abuse complaints for domains at this registrar can be sent to email address removed for privacy reasons.
View live and historical ownership information on 3rd party site domainIQ.
Registry info for geeksquad.com
Registry controlling the .com extension is VERISIGN, INC. with 74833 ✓ complaints.
We have received 182460 ✓ complaints for the .com extension.
Zone / DNS info for geeksquad.com
We found this domain in the latest .com zone file, so it is a real domain.
This domain is using AKAM.NET 2664 ✓ as its DNS server.
There are 62,792 domain names using the same DNS server.
The .com extension has 156,718,031 domain names.
Web crawl info for geeksquad.com
We did discover content when crawling this domain.
The web site is hosted on 104.101.181.159 which is associated with AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC..
MX / Mail Server info for geeksquad.com
Found 2 mail servers authorized to receive email for this domain.
Mail server mxa-002a6b01.gslb.pphosted.com with IP 67.231.153.219
Mail server mxb-002a6b01.gslb.pphosted.com with IP 67.231.144.196
SPF info for geeksquad.com
Found 18 mail server IPs (or subnets) authorized to send email for this domain.
Email sent from 1 which IS NOT authorized to send emails on behalf of @geeksquad.com
The spam I am routinely receiving goes well beyond the geeksquad spam. Lots of emails that used to be just routinely blocked. Here is an example that made it into my inbox today (deleted a portion of the email address): Electric Bill Savings Confirmation Receipt <...+email address removed for privacy reasons>