On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 22:05 +0000, Phil (Medway Hosting) wrote: > > As it stands, .de (amongst others) have chosen to deviate - for their
> > own specific reasons - from RFC3912 and have, therefore, been listed in
> > whois.rfc-ignorant.org. Many other ccTLDs are the same, as well as many
> > SLDs.
>
> THAT is the entire point.
Well, Phil, I'm afraid I have to... oh, you're *agreeing* with me. I
see ;-)
> In another thread (something about postmaster@), earlier today someone said:
>
> > Because "postmaster@domain" is the RFC mandated method of contacting a
> > given domain to deal with email problems. If you, someone else running
> > hundreds/thousands/millions of domains, everyone and their dog starts to
> > keep their own methods of contact, we've gone to Hell in a handcart
Aye that I did.
> Well .de HAVE made their own rules. So they get listed. Seems fair enough to
> me.
Which was precisely my point (albeit being made in a sort of fluffy
way), so thanks for backing that up.