Although the abuse.net contact database contains hundreds of thousands of
entries, that's only a tiny fraction of the millions of domains that
exist.
If you know contact info for a domain that's not listed, or you have
reason to think that an existing entry is wrong, please send it along so we
can update the database.
Updated info for a domain will replace the current database entry
for the domain.
Mail new and updated contact info
only to update@abuse.net.
Please set your mail program to send plain text rather than formatted
or HTML mail, since the formatting often defeats our system's ability
to decode it.
(If you have a question, comment, or anything other than contact
information, please see the abuse.net home page.)
The format our system understands is the name of the domain, a
colon, and the reporting address(es), all on one line separated by spaces:
example.com: abuse@example.com
example.org: jonp@example.com postmaster@example.net
You can send info for as many domains as you want in a single message.
If there's more than one contact address for a domain,
we send copies of mail to all of them.
Don't use commas or mailto: URLs or any other extra punctuation.
The entry for a domain automatically includes subdomains so if the
contact info for, say,
mail.example.com is the same as for
example.com do not send separate entries.
Please
say if you're providing info on domains you're responsible for, or
for ones you've researched.
If the connection between a domain you've researched
and the contact isn't obvious, tell us how you found it.
If you send updates in the format described above, they will usually
be processed automatically and added to the database within a few hours.
Otherwise they will be handled manually when we have time.
We manually review the automatic submissions as well, and undo the bogus ones.
When our information for a domain comes from other than the domain's
management or upstream ISP, we forward messages to the
listed address(es) as well as to postmaster@
domain, on the theory
that postmaster remains the standard contact address unless the domain owner
tells us otherwise.
Please send only entries for domains, not numeric IP addresses. We keep
no database of IP addresses, so info about IP addresses is discarded.
It is not necessary to register at abuse.net to submit entries
for the database, and registration
does not affect the contact database in any way.
Database listings are provided without charge, and
we neither solicit nor accept contributions.
Note to E-mail service providers and consultants:
You are welcome to submit contact
information about your clients, but you
must submit it in the
form described on this page so it can be processed automatically.