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Trusting whois data isn't a good idea. With most registrars you can write into those fields whatever you want. Just because a domain tells you it belongs to som
by gst 14y ago
Trusting whois data isn't a good idea. With most registrars you can write into those fields whatever you want. Just because a domain tells you it belongs to someone, doesn't actually mean that it belongs to this person.
- LaGrange 14y agoWell, yeah, it's generally a first step — last few cases were Kickstarter-related campaign stuff, so I could look for evidence that they actually sent it, and then hope it's actually that thing. But this just goes further to illustrate that this is a really bad idea — there is good way to validate such an email.