I agree completely. I have no problem with making my URL and company name public, but putting my email and phone number out there for every spammer or telemarketer in the world to use is not acceptable.
--Richard On Tuesday 23 October 2001 01:28 pm, you wrote: > Charles Daminato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > There are third party requirements. You are obligated, by contract, to > > support your clients. Having them able to contact you is part of that > > requirement :) > > Yes, yes -- I agree with what you say here. I'm obligated by my contract > with Tucows to support my customers. That's why I pay Tucows $10/year > instead of $25/year! :-) I do and will always continue to offer e-mail > support for my customers. They deserve it! > > What I disagree with is that my technical support e-mail address (or phone > number) for that reason, needs to be listed on the WHOIS info. > > I consider it of great value to have my company name and URL listed in > WHOIS. This way my customers know what company they registered the domain > with. They can much more easily get in contact with me for support. > However, I don't want my technical support e-mail address listed on the > WHOIS info -- my customers can very easily find it through my website. I > can't think of any other registrar that places their technical support info > in the WHOIS! Why should I? > > Tucows allows me, the RSP, to totally opt out of having my company name, > URL, e-mail, and phone info in WHOIS. Why not let me partially opt out and > include just the company name and the URL? > > David -- Richard B. Pyne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
