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The Code of Conduct reporting address (forgelm@hodetech.io) does not resolve #966

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CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (line 39) names forgelm@hodetech.io as the address for Code of Conduct reports. The domain does not resolve:

  • dig +short hodetech.io A, and the same query against 1.1.1.1, both return NXDOMAIN.
  • whois hodetech.io returns "Domain not found".

This is pre-existing, not introduced by #964. #964's MAINTAINERS.md repeated the address and has since been changed to point at the Code of Conduct's enforcement section instead, so the duplication is gone — but the address itself is still published in CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md.

Impact. A harassment or conduct report sent there bounces or is lost, and anyone who registers the domain receives whatever is sent to it. A Code of Conduct with an unreachable reporting channel is worse than one that names no address, because it looks functional.

Options.

  • Register the domain (or use one the organisation already controls) and point the mailbox at a monitored inbox.
  • Replace the address with a monitored mailbox on a reachable domain.
  • If neither is possible, replace the email with a channel that provably works — for example a named maintainer's GitHub profile, whose contact route is the platform's own.

Acceptance criteria:

  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md names a reporting channel that is demonstrably reachable (the issue records how it was checked).
  • MAINTAINERS.md remains consistent with it.
  • The chosen channel is defined in exactly one place, so the two files cannot drift.

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