From: Discount Domain Name Services 
Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2003 1:25 PM
To: Jo Lim
Subject: whois comment

Jo,
I believe that to best serve our clients, comply with transfer policy and to automate this 
process the admin email address must be made public. The way transfer policy is written 
lends itself to email automation.

We get a request to transfer we connect and query domain locate admin email send standard 
transfer await confirm get confirm initiate transfer if admin email is not correct the 
domain is queued for human intervention. Allowing the admin email to remain public will 
allow registrars to keep on top of their overheads and keep registation prices down.

In the majority of cases spam is sent using the domain name not a listed email address the 
spammers have a script that tries every possible combination of name@domainname as a hosting 
provider I see many bounced emails to prove this point. The use of spam detection software 
reduces the incidence of spam much the same way virus software reduces virus infection.

c) send a standard transfer confirmation message (see definition in paragraph 2.1) to the 
person who has requested the transfer and to the registrant contact listed in the database 
(if different);

d) receive an affirmative response from the registrant contact by letter, facsimile or email; 
and

e) enter into a new Registrant Agreement for the remaining term of the domain name licence 
period, or for a new 2 year licence period where the transfer is combined with renewal.

4.2	The gaining registrar must not provide the means for a registrant, or a
reseller acting on
behalf of a registrant, to automatically initiate a transfer command to the registry (for 
example, by submitting an online form that sends a transfer command to the registry). The 
gaining registrar must satisfy the requirements listed in paragraph 4.1 before initiating 
the transfer command to the registry.

4.3	The gaining registrar must keep full records of the transfer for
inspection by auDA on demand,
including copies of the written request for transfer, the standard transfer confirmation 
message and the affirmative response from the registrant contact. 

Regards, Rod Keys