Verisign is now pitching exiting customers with a "stay offer" when they
ask them for notification for outbound transfers.
Not sure how I feel about that, but its an FYI.
-mark
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Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 06:20:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: jesse hirsh <jesse@openflows.org>
To:
Subject: [Tek] verisign madness
so i've succesfully replied, but i just wanted to share this shite with
y'all, although i guess some already know it.
i'm trying to move nologo.org from verisign (where randomhouse set it up)
to easydns. check out the email i get from netsol fsckers. if i were naomi
klein, and i was getting this email, i would not know how to authorize
this transfer.
talk about obstruction and anti-competitive practice (imho)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 02:28:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: outbound-response@networksolutions.com
To: naomi@openflows.org
Subject: [NIC-020912.51bc] Your Registrar Transfer Request
Dear Valued VeriSign(r) Customer:
We've received a request to Change the Registrar of your
domain name registration NOLOGO.ORG to another registrar.
You're a valued customer, and we want you to remain with
VeriSign. We hope you'll reconsider and renew your domain
name registration with VeriSign at our special valued
customer promotional price, available at:
http://www.stayoffer.com
Don't miss out on the benefits VeriSign is committed to
providing you, including:
24-HOUR CUSTOMER SUPPORT
FREE access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Get help when you need it. Customer Support is available
by phone, e-mail, and through our Web site.
ONLINE MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Manage all your services with our easy-to-use, Web-based
interface. Set up a Web site, add additional e-mail
boxes, modify your contact information...it's all in
one place.
To renew NOLOGO.ORG with VeriSign at our special
promotional price, click here: http://www.stayoffer.com
**************************************************************
We take every effort to protect you against unauthorized or
fraudulent registrar changes. To keep your domain name
registration with VeriSign, no action on your part is necessary.
To confirm your desire to change your registrar, copy and paste
the line below into the subject line of your return email:
[NIC-020912.51bc]:NOLOGO.ORG:917305:TRANSFER=YES
If you don't respond within 72 hours from the time stamp of
this e-mail, the request to Change Registrar will be denied.
The timestamp of this e-mail and the time to respond are
based on Eastern Time. If you have any questions, please
e-mail us at: registrar@networksolutions.com.
At VeriSign, we've been building online identities since the
Internet was introduced. We will continue to put this
experience and reliability to work for you. Thank you for
being a VeriSign customer.
(c) 2002 VeriSign, Inc. All rights reserved.
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