Hi, John Curran wrote: > On Jul 26, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If someone studies that and finds there is a correlation to spam based > > on WHOIS listing alone, > > then perhaps.... > > No study has been conducted, but we do receive a small number of complaints > each year about email contact information being solicited in cases were the > email address is exclusively used on IP address blocks and nowhere else. > (Often, the culprits are network equipment vendors or technical recruiters)
SSAC conducted a study on the subject of gTLD whois and spam: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-023-en.htm As the gTLD and ARIN systems are different the outcomes could also be different but it might be useful as a comparison, if nothing else. Regards, Leo
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