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	], or "junk e-mail," requires infrastructure of which domain names are one component.<ref name="Sauver2008">{{cite conference \|last=St Sauver \|first=Joe \|title=Spam, Domain Names and Registrars \|booktitle=MAAWG 12th General Meeting \|place=San Francisco, USA \|year=2008 \|url=http://www.uoregon.edu/~joe/maawg12/domains-talk.pdf \|format=pdf \|accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> eNom posts a "zero tolerance spam policy".<ref></ref>		], or "junk e-mail," requires infrastructure of which domain names are one component.<ref name="Sauver2008">{{cite conference \|last=St Sauver \|first=Joe \|title=Spam, Domain Names and Registrars \|booktitle=MAAWG 12th General Meeting \|place=San Francisco, USA \|year=2008 \|url=http://www.uoregon.edu/~joe/maawg12/domains-talk.pdf \|format=pdf \|accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> eNom posts a "zero tolerance spam policy".<ref></ref>
	As of April 2013, eNom is listed as the #1 registrar in terms of the number of spammer registered domains listed on URIBL.<ref></ref>		As of April 2013, eNom is listed as the #1 registrar in terms of the number of spammer registered domains listed on URIBL.<ref></ref>
			Tests show that email providers even notice hacking attempts on email accounts of spam victims directly after reporting spam to abuse@enom.com .
			And spam reports over the enom.com website seemed to be absolutely useless.
			Therefore, even the best known German spammer Timo Richert uses this provider.

	== Law enforcement ==		== Law enforcement ==

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eNom
File:ENom logo.png
Available in	English
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Kirkland, Washington, United States
Owner	Rightside Group
Industry	domain name registration
URL	http://www.enom.com

eNom, Inc. is a domain name registrar and Web hosting company that also sells other products closely tied to domain names, such as SSL certificates, e-mail services, and Website building software. As of July 2013, it manages over 14 million domains.

Company history

eNom was founded in 1997 in Kirkland, Washington operating as a wholesale business, allowing resellers to sell domains and other services under their own branding. eNom also operates retail sites eNomCentral.com and BulkRegister.com.

In May 2006, eNom was one of the original businesses that were acquired to form privately held Demand Media, headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Within Demand Media, eNom continues to operate as a domain name registrar and as the registrar platform for its media properties.

In July 2006, eNom bought out competitor BulkRegister. Prior to its purchase, BulkRegister was a member-supported service where clients were not resellers, but companies large enough to pay an annual membership fee to acquire low registration fees on their domain name registrations, due to the volume they potentially register. With this acquisition, eNom rose to become the second largest domain name registrar. eNom maintains BulkRegister as a separate service.

Resellers

As of March 2008, eNom states that it has over 99,000 resellers, of which over 28,000 are active.

In February 2007, eNom dropped RegisterFly as a reseller citing consumer complaints.

Spam control

Spam, or "junk e-mail," requires infrastructure of which domain names are one component. eNom posts a "zero tolerance spam policy". As of April 2013, eNom is listed as the #1 registrar in terms of the number of spammer registered domains listed on URIBL. Tests show that email providers even notice hacking attempts on email accounts of spam victims directly after reporting spam to abuse@enom.com . And spam reports over the enom.com website seemed to be absolutely useless. Therefore, even the best known German spammer Timo Richert uses this provider.

Law enforcement

In March 2008, a New York Times story said that eNom, in response to a U.S Treasury blacklist, blocked access to a number of domain names owned by a European travel company advertising travel to Cuba. A Treasury spokesman said that the European company had helped American tourists evade the United States embargo against Cuba.