We're working on tweaking the policy, for now - enjoy it ;) Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Derek J. Balling > Sent: October 23, 2001 4:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Reseller Whois information > > > Why is phone a required field? > > I'm more than happy to give people an e-mail address to use to > contact me (as an RSP), but since the average "customer" for me is > "Friends and Family", I don't see any real value in putting a phone > number there. > > If the entire "Reseller information" bit is optional anyway, there's > no reason to have required fields at all (Except maybe the business > name, since it'd be pointless without it). > > If I have to choose between "provide too much info" and "provide no > info", I'm going to choose none, and that's not the most useful way > to use the system. > > Make phone and e-mail optional (or, alternatively, say that "to be > useful", either phone _OR_ email _OR_ URL must be listed) > > D > > -- > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Thou art the ruins of the noblest man | > | Derek J. Balling | That ever lived in the tide of times. | > | | Woe to the hand that shed this costly | > | | blood" - Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 | > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+
