Dear Mouse, You are correct in stating that the RIPE NCC does not manage the contact information stored in the RIPE Database. Contact information is currently published in "person:" or "role:" objects managed by database users. The RIPE NCC and other database users reference contact information from various objects describing networks. The current design allows the people publishing the contact data to update it independently from the people publishing the network objects that reference it. It should also be noted that the "e-mail" attribute is optional for the "person:" object in the current database specification. The RIPE NCC takes direction from consensus reached within the RIPE community. If you would like to bring about a change then please bring a proposal to the mailing list of the appropriate working group. Information about RIPE working groups may be found at: <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/index.html> It may also be possible to raise a proposal during a working group session at RIPE 44 next week. RIPE 44 meeting details are available from our web site at: <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/current/ripe-44/> Kind regards, -- leo vegoda RIPE NCC Registration Services