Abuse of the Whois system through data mining is mitigated by detecting and limiting bulk query access from single sources. If too many queries are received from a single IP address within a specified time, the service will begin to reject further queries for a period of time to prevent disruption of Whois service access. Queries to the Whois services are throttled. The Whois service may be scheduled for downtime during production or OT&E maintenance periods. Whois is not considered authoritative for registered domain objects. When using the Donuts Whois service, please consider the following: The Whois service is not a replacement for standard EPP commands to the SRS service. Users accessing the Donuts Whois service agree to use the data only for lawful purposes, and under no cir***stances may this data be used to: a) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission by e-mail, telephone, or facsimile of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations to entities other than the registrar's own existing customers and b) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that send queries or data to the systems of Donuts or any ICANN-accredited registrar, except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations. provides this Whois service for information purposes, and to assist persons in obtaining information about or related to a domain name registration record.
