Domain Registrars
 

My registrar just implemented the following:

The new system introduces a manual step in the whois contact process:

(1) Visitor performs a whois query on your domain, and is directed to
the protection website www.emailaddressprotection.com.

(2) Visitor goes to the protection website, and fills out a simple
contact form.

(3) BuyDomains.com then forwards this message to the appropriate
contact in our database.


This new system introduces a web component to the protection process, making it extremely difficult for spammers to exploit the whois server for contact information.

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Surfn,

I think there are still gonna be ways to get around it.. but it's a start.:)

DD

That system sounds pretty good.

Another trick to slowdown the spammers is to use a special e-mail address only for whois contact information. Once the spammers find the e-mail address just create a new e-mail address, configure your mail server to block mail for the old address, and update your whois records with the new e-mail information. New addresses seem to last about 9 months or so before the spammers get ahold of them again.