It is possible to purchase the INWW, NSI, OpenSRS or other registrar WhoIs
databases for this purpose. ICANN regulates that this is available with a
$10,000 min payment.

Also some companies develop CD's that you can purchase with this
information on it, designed specify for different purpose

i.e. domain name, expire date, contact name, address.

... it's highly likely that they have done this as it's the cheapest way
possible.

Regards,

Michael-Pappas.

> I was very interested today when a client called me concerning his .com
> renewal. It seems ING have sent him a renewal management letter. It all
> seems above board with the small print and pricing making interesting
> reading.
>
> What concerns me however is the fact that it is a .COM Where did they
> get this information from as I can't imagine them sifting through the
> whois and choosing only australian companies to target. The information
> must have come from only two sources I can think of as the domain is
> only used as a secondary name and has no email or marketing attached to
> it. The domain is registered through MIT and hosted with a large
> australian hosting company who also appear as the tech contacts for the
> domain (I am now changing this)
>
> ING seems to have access to information on Australian domain name
> holders very easily. I wonder.....
>
>
> Ian
>
>
>
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