[23173] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Suggestion: Add contact entry to whois
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dean Robb)
Sun Feb 28 19:43:38 1999
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 17:16:32 -0500
To: Network Operations Center <noc@nwrain.net>
From: Dean Robb <pceasy@norfolk.infi.net>
Cc: Phil Howard <phil@whistler.intur.net>,
Owen DeLong <owen@dixon.DeLong.SJ.CA.US>, hostmaster@internic.net,
nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95q.990226101741.23176D-100000@ns2.nwrain.com>
At 10:29 2/26/99 -0800, Network Operations Center wrote:
>> > We already have Admin, Tech, and Billing. Would it be possible to
consider
>> > the addition of an Abuse contact in whois?
> Not actually a bad idea for (mail abuse) , But then the Tech
> Contact s/b able to remedy the condition by forwarding the
> info to postmaster , You have that defined for your domain
> don't you ?
By definition in the RFC's (remember those?) all email-related problems
should go to the postmaster. Some ISPs have set up an abuse address
specifically to handle spam problems; retaining the postmaster for more
traditional problems.
Unfortunately, we frequently find domains with a disabled or /dev/null-ed
postermaster address. Adding an abuse address would accomplish nothing.
If they don't have a working postmaster, it's not real likely they'd have a
working abuse address either.
"Small minds can only contemplate small ideas".....Unknown
Dean Robb
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