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[Alex Hanselka <alex AT opennicproject.org>]

That is very true. I would like to point out that it should have been obvious 
that this is a public, google-able list when you signed up.  We could 
obfuscate addresses if it is the will of the people, I think :)


On Feb 6, 2013, at 10:32 PM, Jamyn Shanley <jshanley AT gmail.com> wrote:

> If getting spammed is a concern, I'd mention that all participant's email 
> addresses are publicly visible and not obfuscated in any way.
> If someone wanted to spam server admins, they could just collect the 
> information from there.
> 
> https://lists.opennicproject.org/arc/discuss
> https://lists.opennicproject.org/lists
> 
> Granted, this is not ALL the lists, but pretty much all the server admins 
> are on the discuss list.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> wrote:
> Correct, nor should there be on the website.  The last thing we need is 
> someone trolling for our email addresses so they can spam us.
> 
> However... at some point we may set up a method where admin info can be 
> read from the ldap server.  More than likely the IRC names will correspond 
> with the usernames selected in ldap, so the info could be grabbed as needed.
> 
> Generally, however, if you need to know who admins a server, ask in IRC.  
> Julian, brianko, or myself are usually around to look it up.
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/06/2013 09:15 PM, Jamyn Shanley wrote:
>> It's good information to have, but there are no email contacts listed in 
>> any of the results.
>> 
>> [...]
>> bbs: IRC=texnofobix
>> dyn: IRC=texnofobix
>> free: IRC=julian
>> fur: IRC=ph3-der-loewe
>> geek: IRC=julian
>> gopher: IRC=brianko
>> indy: IRC=julian
>> ing: IRC=timgws
>> micro: IRC=timgws
>> neo: IRC=neo
>> null: IRC=julian
>> oss: IRC=shdwdrgn
>> oz: ADMIN=Martin_C
>> parody: IRC=shdwdrgn
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> wrote:
>> If you're comfortable with the command line, you can also use this...
>> 
>> # dig +short TXT ns2.opennic.glue
>> 
>> It also works for TLDs...
>> 
>> # dig +short TXT free.opennic.glue
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 02/06/2013 05:18 PM, Jamyn Shanley wrote:
>> 
>>                 
>> 
>> > Speaking of contact, may I suggest
>>                   that all TLD operators get an alias or forwarder for
>>                   their space as part of the process? Ex:
>> 
>> 
>>                   >
>> 
>> 
>>                 
>> 
>> 
>>                 > 
>> oz AT tld.opennicproject.org <mailto:oz AT tld.opennicproject.org>
>> 
>>                 >
>> 
>> 
>>                 > ... and then the 
>> tld.opennicproject.org
>> 
>>                 
>> <http://tld.opennicproject.org>
>> 
>>                 can list all available TLDs with contact information as
>>                 well. Or whatever works for the group... but this way,
>>                 there's a quick, easy, consistent, and memorable way to
>>                 contact any operator, even if their infrastructure is
>>                 down or you can't remember their gmail address off the
>>                 top of your head..
>> 
>> 
>>               
>> 
>> 
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