On 18-Jul-07, at 4:40 PM, John L wrote:
Actually, in San Juan the SSAC released a report that says the exact opposite, showing that an email address that is published in Whois (and only there) gets up to 10'000 times more spam (if I remember well) than one that is not. I guess that Robert can provide pointers.
I'd be most interested to see their technique, since that is the complete opposite of what I've observed.
John: Here's a copy of SSAC report given at the San Juan Meeting. The Whois report should be out soon, when i see it - i'll give you at the rest of at-large a head's up. In the meantime, here's a summary of the findings... [snipped] Do email addresses in whois lead to spam YES For an email address that is not published anywhere other than the WHOIS When protected-WHOIS is used, it is possible to achieve two orders of magnitude reduction in the amount of spam delivered When Delegated-WHOIS is used, it is possible to achieve three orders of magnitude reduction in the amount of spam delivered When Protected-WHOIS and Delegated-WHOIS are used, it is possible to achieve close to four orders of magnitude reduction in the amount of spam delivered