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From: "Loren Stocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 11:46 AM
Subject: Expired Domains that never drop?
> Has anyone on the list seen expired domains that don't seem to drop?
>
> Specificially, last Tuesday, Nov. 14, a few went into transistion with
NSI,
> but never became available at the 5, 6, or 7-day point. NSI Registry shows
> only that they went into trasistion on the 14th, as of Monday's late
morning
> update (which showed up Tuesday morning). I'm certain they didn't drop
Monday
> night and seven days have now passed. They're not on todays Whois for NSI,
> Bulk or OpenSrs. They're not listed on NSI's auction sites. What's up?
I ran into this myself:
Yesterday morning:.
Domain Name: <DOMAIN IN QUESTION>.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS1.GALSTAR.COM
Name Server: NS2.GALSTAR.COM
Updated Date: 14-nov-2000
>>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:12:12 EST <<<
after seeing this, on Monday AM, I registered the domain with OpenSRS, (It
showed as available at opensrs and NSI's sites, so I registered it) and
this was still in whois until this morning when I saw this:
Domain Name: <DOMAININQUESTION>.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
Referral URL: www.opensrs.org
Name Server: NS1.CENTRALINFO.NET
Name Server: NS2.CENTRALINFO.NET
Name Server: NS1.KNAB.ORG
Updated Date: 20-nov-2000
>>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:31:36 EST <<<
Just because a domain shows in whois as taken doesn't mean it is.
