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		RyJones on Sept 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Perils of an .xyz Domain perhaps it's a parsing error, like the bug yesterday about usernames may not end in MIME types? SMSC[0] is re-implemented many times. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Message_service_center

duskwuff on Sept 16, 2021 [–]

Given the context, it's absolutely a spam thing. When the .XYZ gTLD launched, registrars were incentivized to discount it aggressively, sometimes as low as $1 for the first year. Spammers loved this.

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