At 03:25 AM 2/9/2011 +0000, Stephen Love wrote:
I do know that GoDaddy.com has a private/lock feature that hides details of the ownership info, but I've just never chosen to use it. [snip]
This is really OT for this list, but one of my "functions" is setting policy and overseeing the abuse desks covering nearly 3*10^6 user email addresses. If spam is detected coming from *your* domain (whether you are a direct spammer or your system has become infected with a worm, trojan, botnet, etc) and we cannot contact *you*, then we will contact your IP supplier - and this can hurt *you* as most suppliers (who are not already black-listed) have strict ToS (Terms of Service) and AUPs (Authorized User Policies) banning Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE).
Godaddy are amongst the worst offenders (from an abuse desk pov) for "cloaking" - to the point that we hardly use their whois at all, and just advise the IP supplier direct. Other registrars offer a "semi private" email forwarding scheme that will take most of *your* pain away while still allowing contact with role addresses (postmaster@, admin@, etc)
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