[tankenmate]

That's fine, you just route to /dev/null everything that goes to the anonymised address; the email headers either won't be re-written or will be re-written a la RFC 5321. Either way you'll be able to easily identify emails sent to the anon email address and dump them on the floor.

[cptskippy]

As well as any legitimate emails coming to you regarding your domain.

[zaarn]

I don't think I ever received legitimate forms of coherent communication over my WHOIS emails.

[alsetmusic]

> I don't think I ever received legitimate forms of coherent communication over my WHOIS emails.

Given that blog authors increasingly rely on Twitter for feedback (which I don’t use), I occasionally check whois to send notifications about dead links, rendering issues, etc.

[icebraining]

I have - the WHOIS verification email!

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/approved-with-specs-20...

[bringtheaction]

Then you might as well just use an email address that you don’t use, and there is no difference between doing that in the future and doing so today.