[anti-abuse-wg] Whois database accuracy

Hi,

>> I use to report spam to the spam abuse mailboxes which are defined by
>> the whois database.
> 
> Which one??

Good question. We (abusix) are trying to get a new Best Practice done.

Please have a look at the attachment. That's a first draft to get a
standardized place for abuse addresses. Once this is done and accepted
as a best practice we could take the next step and try to get it
mandatory and lets see what will happen than.

>> However, I'm always encountering the below issues:
>> - the mailbox domain isn't valid
>> - the mailbox is full
>> - the mailbox doesn't exist

http://abusix.org/services/abuse-contact-db

Could be interesting for you. ;-)

>> Who can I contact in order to ensure the Whois database is tidied up.
>>
>> I tried to reach the top registry of the domain (-l whois option).
>>
>> However nobody is fixing those reference databases !
>>
>> Could we possibly disconnect the network which aren't tidying their
>> whois records ?


We had some good effort by doing the global reporting thing. Possibly
you wanna join us and report your stuff globally. If you need helpor
some scripts for ARF reporting. Let me know.


Whatever you do to move RIPE and those members, let us know. We will
support you.

Thanks,

Tobias

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