[76427] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: no whois info ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Janet Sullivan)
Thu Dec 9 22:33:05 2004
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:32:13 -0700
From: Janet Sullivan <ciscogeek@bgp4.net>
To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20041209142752.06e72860@64.7.153.2>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> I wonder what % of domains that have their whois info hidden or
> "private" are throwaway spam domains... Some number approaching 100% I
> would bet. It would be nice to somehow incorporate this into a
> SpamAssassin check somehow.
Please don't, there are legitimate reasons to have private domain names.
One of the main reasons my domains are private is I got tired of the
spam and direct snail mail I got to the contact addresses. Also, some
people, like incest survivors, feel better not having their name out
there as an owner of a related support site.
Taking away the usefulness of private registrations won't stop the
spammers. It will just impact the privacy of the regular folks.
