Quick summary
- Term
- Abuse Contact
- Plain-English definition
- An abuse contact is the email address or channel used to report harmful domain activity such as phishing, malware, spam, or impersonation.
- Technical definition
- An abuse contact is the email address or channel used to report harmful domain activity such as phishing, malware, spam, or impersonation.
- Commonly confused with
- impersonation.,channel used to report harmful domain activity such as phishing
Definition
An abuse contact is the email address or channel used to report harmful domain activity such as phishing, malware, spam, or impersonation.
Why it matters
Registrars and hosting providers use abuse reports to investigate and respond to policy violations.