Well, they are.
But I was referring to a number of exchanges I've had with UK spammers
who think that this automatically makes them exempt from the Regulations.
Griffiths, Ian wrote:
> I think the case is more that WHOIS databases are a primary source of
> harvest data.
>
> Ian
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> UK Spammers have a rule that if your email address has appeared in the
> WHOIS for a domain name, then your email address is a business address
> and is fair game.
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