All Registrars are required by ICANN to make the WHOIS info available to
anyone who pays the fee.
OpenSRS have it written into the contract that if you purchase the info you
are not allowed to use it for spamming purposes.
OpenSRS are pushing ICANN to tighten up the policy on purchase/use of the
WHOIS database.
Spammers don't need to buy the WHOIS database from a Registrar in order to
get this information anyway.
It is required by ICANN that domains have correct contact info.
So OpenSRS are not at fault here.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Duane Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 25 April 2001 17:02
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Marketing to our customers
Importance: High
I received about 30 copies of the same email below. (I have the same email
address for many of my domains)
I reported it to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and all the abuse email addresses for
the uplinks between oemmail.com and tucows.
I also reported it the RBL Black Hole List, hopefully they will block these
spammers.
If opensrs is selling their whois Database to spammers, I think they will
be in for a lot
of lawsuits, and complaints. It is a really low thing to do.
Can you not code it, so the email addresses are hidden in the whois output?
Or must we put fake emails, and then never forget the manage login and
password?
I already put fake phone numbers in the domains, so I do not get people
calling and soliciting me.
I would rather not have to put fake emails too, but I don't see any other
choice
Unless you :
A ) stop selling your whois database
B ) take steps to protect the data, like hiding the email address in the
whois output
Duane
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