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Re: [BULK] Re: SORBS contact


From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:31:04 -0400

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 01:45:52AM -0400, Dan Collins wrote:
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Michelle Sullivan <matthew () sorbs net> wrote:
Emailing random non-existent email addresses (such as
webmaster () sorbs net) will earn you a listing...

webmaster@* isn't "random", it's a fairly standard way to reach the
administrator of a service. 

Per RFC 2142 section 5, it's the standard way to reach the administrator
of the HTTP service, just as "hostmaster" is the standard way to reach
the administrator of the DNS service.   So you're both wrong: SORBS,
since it has a web site, should support the "webmaster" address; and
you shouldn't send traffic there unless your enquiry is about the
web site (e.g., difficulty accessing it, broken links, malformed pages).

---rsk


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