[ga] [fwd] WHOIS info "merely cosmetic"? (from: twix@mail.utexas.edu)

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

No comment.
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Thomas Roessler				<roessler@does-not-exist.org>




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From: Pappas <twix@mail.utexas.edu>
To: domain-policy@lists.cc.utexas.edu
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:25:31 -0500
Subject: WHOIS info "merely cosmetic"?
Reply-To: domain-policy@lists.cc.utexas.edu
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As I was finally transferring the last of my domain names away from 
registrar Network Solutions this week, I had the occasion to call 
their tech support because they had arbitrarily and without my 
permission replaced some of my current whois contact info with 
out-of-date info (phone number and email address) that they had 
apparently dredged up from my past whois records.

Their representative on the phone--who, by the way, was exceedingly 
polite--told me not to worry too much about that because the 
published whois info is "merely cosmetic" now.

This, only one month after I received a somewhat threatening email 
from Network Solutions which stated that, "ICANN requires domain name 
registration customers to keep their account information current. 
ICANN mandates that outdated contact information can be grounds for 
domain name cancellation."

Hopefully the Montreal meetings will be productive.

--Matthew Pappas


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