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sad times you have to announce that ...
[ Hmm.. look at those victims! Must try to spread the load even wider! 8-) ]
Unfortunately this is sometimes indeed the strategy. So nothing would change.
We aim to make it easy for everyone; the following should be nearly enough.
whois -h whois.ripe.net 137.43.0.0 | \ awk '/^abuse-mailbox:/ {print $2}'
So, why do you believe "they"'re going to change their attitude? First of all this ssemms to be an issue of the presentation format. One could have a cleaner db design with abuse-c-handle and still show it in the form suggested above. An even easier solution would be a dedicated server: whois -h abuse.ripe.net 137.43.0.0 -> abuse@ucd.ie I'm not too sure whose alleged requirements should be satisfied here: o clueful users o clueless operators o clueful bot writers o clueful and cooperative bot writers o clueful and not cooperative bot writers o [...] -Peter