Absolutely, but I think this brings up a bigger issue...
This is basically another attempt by NSI to claim they own the
data contained in WHOIS. This concerns me much more than the
arbitrary and cavalier way they make changes.
Owen
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No I don't. To quote Andrew Dice Clay, "NSI can..." Well, you know. I
refuse to be bound by rules and regulations that NSI them selfs arbitrarily
ignore. How many others have received both email and snailmail from NSI,
addressed to a name you use ONLY for domain registrations, offering you
some commercial service of NSI?
It is time to start calculating how much money is being lost as a direct
result of their making arbitrary changes to the system without any
notification to the public. I believe it would make for a very nice class
action suit.
On Mon, May 17, 1999 at 01:22:45PM -0400, John Fraizer put this into my mailbox:
No I don't. To quote Andrew Dice Clay, "NSI can..." Well, you know. I
refuse to be bound by rules and regulations that NSI them selfs arbitrarily
ignore. How many others have received both email and snailmail from NSI,
addressed to a name you use ONLY for domain registrations, offering you
some commercial service of NSI?
Or, perhaps more hilariously, how many people have gotten "You've been
pre-approved!" credit card offers explaining how their role account
(e.g. "DALnet Hostmaster") has been carefully selected among hundreds of
potential applicants for a credit card?
*Someone's* obviously been mining the whois database and giving it to
direct mailers. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it were NSI.
-dalvenjah