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Re: no whois info ?

  • From: Janet Sullivan
  • Date: Thu Dec 09 22:34:49 2004 


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.