Monkeying around with mail and whois
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:36 pm
My domain htmlpurifier.org recently got attention on a number of newsgroups when someone started cross-posting links for HTML Purifier. While I like the promotion, the reputation behind the poster and the heavy cross-posting (I think it was to four or five lists) may have done more harm than good.
Several users now allege that the domain has been reported to ICANN, IC3 and RFC-Ignorant for certain mishaps, mostly to do with WHOIS records and mail.
I'm trying to figure out what to do.
Several users now allege that the domain has been reported to ICANN, IC3 and RFC-Ignorant for certain mishaps, mostly to do with WHOIS records and mail.
I'm trying to figure out what to do.
- Apparently, WHOIS cloaking goes against ICANN policies. Should I disable it on htmlpurifier.org address and put up real mailing information?
- I purposely disabled the postmaster address in order to help reduce spam. However, it seems that the RFC requires that this address, along with abuse, must be active. What should I do?
- IC3 and ICANN don't seem to list pending complaints. Is there anything I need to do here?
- Finally, I only found this because I have Google Alerts on HTML Purifier and I encountered the thread merely by chance. Of course, none of the complainers contacted me. How can I make sure I don't get caught blindsided again?