[ncc-services-wg] Re: [db-wg] The New "organisation object" Proposal

At 09:32 28/08/2003, Arnd Vehling wrote:
 > I would suggest that the organisation object would not be shown as default
> > if referenced. Actually i would like to see "-r" option behaviour as 
> the default
> > for the whois-server.

I agree with this. When I first starting using more arguments for "whois" I 
found it surprising that "-r" turned *off* recursion rather than turning it 
on. Don't most other UNIX programs work that way?

However some people use whois to find out contact details in the event of 
spam complaints. We'd need to ensure the correct abuse email addresses were 
in the first main object returned by a query or advertise the "-r" option 
in more places.

Emma
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Emma Apted
Peering Co-ordinator, Engineering & Standards
PSINet Europe