I've been on this list for many years. I no longer use Imail, but still monitor this list.
Years ago R. Scott Perry used to participate quite often. I respected the guy. To the best of my knowledge he originated Declude and dnsstuff.com. He did great work. At some point in time he sold the business to the current owners. It has gone steadily downhill ever since in my opinion. Not much good to say about them. Back in November, 2007 I posted the below message asking for an alternative for dnsreport / dnsstuff. I got the info from the web archive. I was reading a different forum and came across a posting about one of the top people at Declude. I did a little digging and was amazed to find the following information. I pass this on without comment, but some of the old timers here know Scott pretty well. "DECLUDE, INC. AND DNSSTUFF, LLC. v. R. SCOTT PERRY DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS (BOSTON) 1:08-cv-11072 FILED: 06/25/08" "Declude purchased the Defendant's anti-virus, anti-spam and anti-hijacking software in September, 2000, and sold the products as "Declude Virus", "Declude Junkmail", and "Declude Hijack". The Defendant, R. Scott Perry, allegedly used the same source code in developing an additional product, and when the Plaintiff went to venture capitalists to raise capital, the detailed due diligence revealed that Defendant had retained a copy of the source code contrary to the provisions of the purchase agreement in 2000, and had again sold some of the same code to the Plaintiff in the new product he had launched. The Plaintiff has sued the individual Defendant for copyright infringement, breach of contract, fraud, conversion, unjust enrichment, and unfair and deceptive acts and practices." -Joe From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Wolf Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Alternative to dnsreport / dnsstuff Do you know who's behind dnsstuff.com? I remember the guy (not the name) that originally developed it, but he sold off most or all of his operations to the current Declude people. I try not to deal with them at all, but might be willing to sign up if it's not them. Thanks for the info... -Joe
