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0 pointsmindcrime12y ago0 comments

I have my contact info publicly available on all of my domains, and I don't see any specific signs that any of the spam I get is directly attributable to that. But I did get an email from a guy in Canada a couple of weeks ago, asking about buying one of my domains, which I sold to him. Personally I think the benefits of having valid whois info outweigh the negatives, but that's just me...

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bonf12y ago

Whois privacy email addresses will forward incoming mails to you as well.

A buying offer can be a smart way to probe the owner behind that privacy wall, who I guess most of the time is just a normal guy/gal...

larrys12y ago

"Whois privacy email addresses"

A turn off for many buyers. They look like bogus addresses. Makes much more sense to take the effort to get a gmail account that looks legit and use that to filter. Then if you get to much spam simply get another gmail and change the whois. Etc.

ValentineC12y ago

I'm actually receiving a whole load of spam on one of the email addresses provided by my registrar's whois privacy service. I'm guessing that spammers don't care how ugly an email address looks, as long as they reach someone.

The forwarding thing sounds like a good idea. Not turning off people interested in one of my domain names is an awesome bonus.

mindcrimeOP12y ago

Interesting.. I didn't realize that, as I've never bothered to pay the extra fee for the "private" registration. But I do use a less-important GMail account for the email contact, so at least my main email doesn't get swamped. But the phone number on there is actually my personal cellphone, which could be annoying if a lot of people started calling, but so far that doesn't seem to happen.

larrys12y ago

"But it just doesn't happen at the moment."

(Can't reply to this below).

Want to point out though that once the info is slurped and appears elsewhere you won't be able to put the genie back in the bottle.

I many times pull up old info for domains in search.

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larrys12y ago

"But the phone number on there is actually my personal cellphone"

Use google voice number that forwards to your cellphone. Or better use a google voice number that doesn't go anywhere.

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larrys12y ago

"Personally I think the benefits of having valid whois info outweigh the negatives"

Agree with that. As both a domain owner, registrar as well as someone who buys domains. There are definitely cases where privacy is warranted but not for the majority of people.

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bonf12y ago

Whois privacy email addresses will forward incoming mails to you as well.

A buying offer can be a smart way to probe the owner behind that privacy wall, who I guess most of the time is just a normal guy/gal...

larrys12y ago

"Whois privacy email addresses"

ValentineC12y ago

The forwarding thing sounds like a good idea. Not turning off people interested in one of my domain names is an awesome bonus.

mindcrimeOP12y ago

larrys12y ago

"But it just doesn't happen at the moment."

(Can't reply to this below).

Want to point out though that once the info is slurped and appears elsewhere you won't be able to put the genie back in the bottle.

I many times pull up old info for domains in search.

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larrys12y ago

"But the phone number on there is actually my personal cellphone"

Use google voice number that forwards to your cellphone. Or better use a google voice number that doesn't go anywhere.

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larrys12y ago

"Personally I think the benefits of having valid whois info outweigh the negatives"

Agree with that. As both a domain owner, registrar as well as someone who buys domains. There are definitely cases where privacy is warranted but not for the majority of people.

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