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Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads
From: John Curran <jcurran () arin net>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:05:57 +0000
On Jul 26, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick () ianai net> wrote:
Suggestion: Put tagged addresses and, if possible, phone numbers in your ARIN whois and other public records. When someone emails that address or calls that number, make sure you put them on a "never buy from" list, and they know it. Write them a physical (form) letter, explaining why, and make it public (web page, blog, whatever. If even a small percentage of people did this, many companies would change their practices. _Especially_ Internet companies.
And please ARIN me on your letter... We do send fairly nasty letters on occasion citing the Whois terms and conditions, this is done when it is clear from complaints that parties are mining Whois or the mailing list for spamming, but we need to know it is going on. (We also do have artifacts in the database which sometimes lets us occasionally catch this on own, but most reliable are reports from folks who know the email and/or phone abused only occurs on their Whois entry.) Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN
Current thread:
- RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads, (continued)
- RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads Warren Bailey (Jul 26)
- RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads Alex Rubenstein (Jul 26)
- RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads Warren Bailey (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Michael Thomas (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Warren Bailey (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Patrick W. Gilmore (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Valdis . Kletnieks (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Barry Shein (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Sholes, Joshua (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Patrick W. Gilmore (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads John Curran (Jul 26)
- RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads Otis L. Surratt, Jr. (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Valdis . Kletnieks (Jul 26)
- RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads goemon (Jul 26)
- Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Rich Kulawiec (Jul 26)
- RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads Otis L. Surratt, Jr. (Jul 26)