If the client code says the domain is available, it IS available - the
client code, for all intents and purposes, speaks 'directly' to VeriSign
Registry.
Charles Daminato
Product Manager (ccTLDs)
Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim McAtee
> Sent: February 28, 2001 2:22 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Recently Expired Domains
>
>
> I have a client who allowed a particular domain name, registered with NSI,
> to expire. The reasons for this are that they acquired the domain along
> with the purchase of a product that they distribute, but were unable to
> successfully transfer ownership because of the usual cluelessness of NSI.
>
> It appears that the domain is available once again to be registered by
> anybody. When I do a check via the OpenSRS client, I'm told it is
> available. Before I go back to the client and ask if they'd like to
> register it, I'd like to know for certain that the domain _is_ actually
> available. I thought NSI was notorious for holding the domain
> indefinitely.
> The domain registration expired about 60 days ago. If I register it via
> OpenSRS, is there any chance the registration could fail?
>
> Jim
>
