Hello!
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From time to time, our RIPE-notification mailrobot gets spam messages. As his
address is used nowhere, except within the Whois-DB, every spammer using this
address had to scan the Whois-DB to get it.
Could/would the RIPE take actions at least against these spammers?
RIPE could, but 99% of spammers have no money or assets and really
don't care about the odd visit from a bailiff. So chances are it'll
cost RIPE quite a bit in legal fees to nail some spammer in a Florida
trailer park, only to find there's no chance of ever recouping the
costs. The only value would be publicity and the hope other spammers
then think twice about harvesting from RIPE.