afaik the RSP is not notified (and historically has not been) but we do not
send the password once the change is made, the user must contact you anyway
to complete the process.
I will speak to the folks that handle these changes and see if there can be
an extra step added to the process.
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Product Manager
Tucows Inc. - chuck@tucows.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Chuck Hatcher
> Sent: April 1, 2002 4:45 PM
> To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
> Subject: OpenSRS changes admin contact email without RSP approval?
>
>
> I just got the following email from support@opensrs.org:
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Hello,
>
> As per the faxed request from xxxx xxxxx, The Admin Email for this domain
> has been changed. The Registration Service Provider, xxxx at
> xxxxx@xxxxxx.com, can now send the login/password to the domain owner.
>
> You can contact them directly with any further questions.
>
> Please ensure your Admin Email address is always valid as it is
> the only way
> to recover a lost password.
>
> Thanks,
>
> xxx xxxxx
> OpenSRS Admin.
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> This is disturbing, since I was not aware the customer was in the
> process of
> having the address changed. Previously OpenSRS required the
> consent of the
> RSP to effect this kind of change, and I question the wisdom of
> changing the
> policy. Possibly OpenSRS thinks that since the RSP still controls the
> sending of the username and password, all is well. But what if the "new"
> admin contact immediately initiates transfer to another registrar?
>
> How does everyone else feel about this? Am I being overly paranoid?
>
>
>
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