From: Michael Purse 
Sent: Saturday, 27 August 2005 8:55 PM
To: jo.lim@auda.org.au
Subject: Submission on WHOIS Policy

Jo,

In response for the call for public submissions for the WHOIS Policy 
review, I wish to put forward the following:

Email addresses currently returned after submitting a WHOIS query 
should be removed from public view, and made accessible only via an 
automated form with a verification system (eg. Entering a code from 
an image) in order to prevent automated address harvesting by spammers.

Whilst spamming will never be completely eliminated, this will help 
alleviate possible data harvesting issues that may or may not 
currently be present.

All other aspects of the WHOIS Policy are satisfactory, and should 
remain in place as they currently are, except where a change needs to 
be made to conform with the change I have suggested.

I call for this change to be in effect from July 1, 2006.

Regards,

Michael Purse