[db-wg] Whois changes

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Dear colleagues,

James A. T. Rice wrote:
> I'm probably posting far too late about this, but:

well, I had to sleep over the latest changes as well :-)

> Much as I agree that the default removal of email addresses from the
> whois output is a good idea, the lack of a changed: field is very annoying.
> 
> Its always good to know how out of date an object is - and one of the
> key parameters I've used to decide if the details in an object are
> likely to be correct (i.e. are they actively maintained).

What I think is more annoying is to use a different query when
updating/deleting objects in the DB. Nevertheless I understand the aim
of the change and I definitly *do* support the effort to lead people to
more meaningful abuse addresses, but it makes the LIR's daily business
more difficult.

And, beside that, I guess that when the -B switch becomes known to the
public the previous behaviour will take place again and complaints will
be send to all addresses again. Especially when some abuse mailboxes
don't handle complaints in the desired way.

But I'm afraid there's no way between the two options...


Regards:

Tobias



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