On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
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> On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Marc Schneiders wrote:
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> > It is quite strange. I did some more checking, to see whether it is true
> > that *all* three character .com are gone. A lot are *not* in the file,
> > well some aren't. I did a check on some odd ones, like 7**.com. Those that
> > are not in the file are now all registered, some as early as March. And
> > with different registrars. Really beats me. And I was so happy I could
> > register 7SR.com. Alas :-))
>
> I have to contact network solutions regarding this. according to my whois
> 7sr.com is registered to a Mohammed Pervez via the CORENIC. And it too is
> not in the dns and has no domain servers. I remember seeing this problem
> before and it's not appropriate behaviour for a registry.
Yes, sorry, I should have checked that myself.
Well, this means there are a lot of names not in the com zone. I found
dozens more, checking only for half an hour or so. All 3 and 4 letter
names, many registered to the same people.
Maybe the people whose domains are not in the zone, could get a discount
from the $6 the Registry takes, as all that NSI (or what it is called
now) does, is keep it in rs.internic.net.
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