Saturday, May 18, 2002, 9:26:41 PM, Charles Edmunds wrote: > This may seem to be an off of the topic question, however, I feel that this > may be the right place to ask about it.
> Once a person registers a domain name, does this information stay private or > does this information become available to any and everyone that wants it. Yes, it is available. > Essentially, what I'm talking about is two to five days after you register a > domain name, you already start receiving e-mail solicitations about > different products and or services. This is normal. > My first question: Is this allowed? What's Tucows policy on this sort of > thing. The policy is set by ICANN. > Second question: How do people get access to this sort of list? Is this > public property available from ICANN or do people simply sell their registry > list to the highest bidder? Generally they can tell a new domain registration by checking the zone files daily, and then doing a whois on it. > Third: If this is public information, shouldn't the be a way to choose to > opt-out when you register your domain name, instead of having to manually > unsubscribe from each spammer that sends you information? No, there is no way to opt out of whois, nor should there be, and if you opted out of the dns zone files, then your domain would stop working. > If anyone could give me some more insight into this, I would greatly > appreciate it. Hope that helps understand the process anyway. -- Best regards, William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- OpenSRS installation and customizations Payment Processing Integration Apache Installation and Support Services http://www.wxsoft.com/
