Whois Contact Information

If it's wrong is there a problem

[bumpaw]

We have about 20 sites with bad email address in the Contact Information. This is not to hide it's just that the address was killed to stop spam. Is there any real reason to have a current address in the Whois lookup? It's trouble to go and change them all.

[devildude8989]

If the domains expire you will not know.

Someone will have an easier time stealing an outdated whois domain than a current whois domain.

Try updating it with [e-mail]. Not as many spammers will send email to abuse@ domains.

[bumpaw]

I'm not to worried about the domains expiring since the folks that sold me the names help me on that. It was the legal requirements that I might be missing that had me concerned.

[Rollo]

no legal requirements that I'm aware of

[faltered]

bump: Glad you posted this question. I was thinking of changing some of the contact information in my whois information because I don't like the idea of people having my phone number and address. But when I went to do it I noticed a disclaimer that said it is illegal to display false information in the whois section.

Has anyone else heard of this? Anyone else use a fake addy and phone # in their whois?

[bumpaw]

I'm not a godaddy user but they seem to be able to hide most of their customers information. It's surely available somewhere though.