True. I have a handful that we decided not to renew after the first 2 years
were up.
We attempted to send in a mod-delete the day of and the day after the
expiration.
The mod-deletes were bounced back saying that mods could not be done until
the domains
were renewed. ??? They never responded to further email inquiries. So there
they sit, expired
since August 1999 and not available to be re-registered.
Multiple this times a few hundred thousand....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Patrick Corliss
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 11:07 PM
> To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
> Cc: Derek J. Balling
> Subject: Re: Transfer of domain questions
>
>
> I support 30 days and see no harm in it. A safe compromise.
>
> But what we MUST have is certainty not NSI's "now you see it now
> you don't"
> policy of not releasing expired names. I know several with over a year
> since expiry.
>
> I have phoned NSI who told me they're batched up and released
> after "about 3
> months" after expiry. They said that any exceptions I noted must
> be because
> of special circumstances (like arguments about whether payment
> has, in fact,
> been made).
>
> Personally I don't believe a word of it.
>
> Regards
> Patrick Corliss
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Derek J. Balling <dredd@megacity.org>
> To: Swerve <shwa@swerve.com>; Chuck Hatcher <chatcher@ashland-ky.net>;
> <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Transfer of domain questions.: Let's make things
> safe andSmart.
>
>
> > >Hmm, i see it as a courtesy to the domain holder to protect their
> interest.
> > >A courtesy that is potentially much more valuable to the present
> user/holder
> > >than the benefit of making the domain available to someone else at the
> date
> > >of expiry. Also, the grace period could be fixed at 90 days,
> which still
> > >could allow for possible new domain owners to plan for the mad dash to
> > >register that domain.
> >
> > I think we should agree to disagree on this topic.
> >
> > You (as a reseller or registrar) can show all the courtesy you want
> > to your customer, EXCEPT when it deprives ME (or anyone, really) the
> > right to register a domain that is not bought-and-paid-for already.
> >
> > You want to show the courtesy to your customer? You pay for it, keep
> > it alive and out of the pool and recoup your expense and maybe a nice
> > added "emergency rescue fee". Don't hold a domain out of the general
> > populace without anyone paying for it.
> >
> > >In a perfect world, everyone's paperwork is in order, but the idea of a
> > >grace period leaves room for error. Remember, that in some cases, it
> could
> > >be a TEN YEAR period that we are talking about here.
> >
> > That's where the reseller/registrar comes in, notifying their
> > customer far in advance "hey this is coming due".. Start trying to
> > notify them way in advance, and that will give you time to track them
> > down if the normal avenues of communication have deteriorated due to
> > customer-mismanagement.
> >
> > D
> >
>
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