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Subject: Re: Invalid Email addresses in InterNIC whois database
From: Adam Bailey <adamb @ tezcat . com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 97 21:00:50 -0500
To: <list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM>

On 11/3/97 8:41 PM CST, Shannon Appel <appel@erzo.org> wrote...

>How exactly do you expect Internic to verify postal addresses and
>phone numbers?

As per the subject, we're not. The primary concern is email addresses. 
Many records will have "no mailbox" or "nobody@nowhere."

Of course, there are cases where the phone number and/or address are 
clearly fake/nonexistent. They should at least do something about that.

I don't expect the InterNIC to investigate every entry. I expect them to 
be responsible about obvious cases of misinformation.


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