[arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2008-7: Identify Invalid WHOIS POC's

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Sprunk [mailto:stephen at sprunk.org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:19 PM
> To: Ted Mittelstaedt
> Cc: 'Lee Dilkie'; ARIN PPML
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2008-7: Identify 
> Invalid WHOIS POC's
> 
> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net
> >> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Lee Dilkie
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:52 AM
> >> To: Owen DeLong
> >> Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net
> >> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2008-7: Identify 
> Invalid WHOIS 
> >> POC's
> >>
> >>     
> >> ...
> >> Since the policy specified "email" and that is only one of many 
> >> contact methods, perhaps the policy shouldn't be so 
> specific either 
> >> and simply leave the details of "contacting the record holder" to 
> >> staff.
> >>     
> > ...
> > Don't you think it's a bit odd that your proposing ON AN 
> E-MAIL MAILING LIST that we countenence removal of the 
> requirement for valid E-MAIL addresses in POC entries?  Using 
> your own, publically reachable, personal e-mail address to do 
> so?  You obviously have no problem with making your own 
> e-mail address public - so why would you think that any 
> reasons put forth by a POC for not having a valid e-mail 
> address published in WHOIS are anything other than bogus nonsense?
> >   
> 
> IMHO, that is a gross misrepresentation of what Lee said.  I 
> agree, as I believe Lee does, that all POC records should 
> have valid email addresses.

OK then, would you be willing to support a policy proposal that
ONLY stated all POC's must have valid e-mail addresses?  Nothing else
about validation or any of that?  Just a simple statement that
all POCs in the whois database must have valid e-mail addresses?

Ted