PO box For Domain Names

[ecchi]

Just got a junk email from a DNR I use to try and sell me new .UK domains. It included this line:

Using a PO Box? The registry no longer allows the use of PO Boxes.

Do they just mean you cannot use a PO box for .UK domains, or have the rules changed for ALL types of domains?

[Simon]

It's something new for the .uk domains.

http://faq.1and1.co.uk/domains/domains_explained/domains/18.html

http://registrars.nominet.org.uk/namespace/uk/launch/q-and-a#faq-id-749

You must have a UK street address, but you can still use privacy services.

HTH

[abatis]

i read something similar awhile back and the way i understood it, it applied to all domain names and it stated that they could force you to forfeit ownership if you didn't have a real physical address. and of course you can still use privacy service. but that would be a stupid reason to have a domain taken away, especially a developed one. personally the only things that ever really were a bother from the address associated with a domain was the bullshit mail that some people think will earn them my business. hell, im probably more likely to do business with a company that just took my email from whois and spammed me than someone who actually clogs up my physical mail box whether it's pobox or not.

-abatis

[ecchi]

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Thanks for your answers. One thing is a little bit scary:

You must have a UK street address

I have always been incredibly careful ensuring that all models were over 18, even back when British law stated "over 16" for softcore. However, when I first started out I was running both straight and gay free sites and what I did not know was back then the minimum age in Britain for gay porn was 21. So although the youngest models my gay sites were actually 20 years old, I would still have gone to jail as a paedophile. The law has since changed to 18 for everyone, but I am still constantly nervous of accidentally breaking the law and I don't want my street address easily available.

Ironically, until recently I only ever bought .com and .info domains. But a couple of months ago I started a teen sex blog based in the UK so bought the domain http://teensexinnorfolk.co.uk/ for it. My first ever .co.uk domain!