: Private whois but still list email-address? I tried Googling it, but I couldn't find an answer. I would like private whois, meaning I wouldn't want to display my home address etc. However,

@Pierce454

Under ICANN's policy for domain names, they all must list the owner of the domain names:


First and last name
Address (including city, country, postal code, etc)
Email address
Phone and/or fax number


However, some websites (such as GoDaddy and Name.com) are able to use their information instead for about /yr. The problem with the email address that usually use is it is a forwarded email address. For example: A WHOIS will list example.com@protecteddomainservices.com but emails that are sent to it are redirected to joe.blow@hotmail.com (some registrars also have spam filters that emails must go through first in order to be redirected). To be honest, I wouldn't worry about having your own information in the domain WHOIS because you have to remember the millions (if not billions) of people that have listed their information as well.

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