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From: "Todd @ Merchant-Solution.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:56 PM
> Hi,
>
> A domain name expired back in DEC 2000 that I want. I check and
> check every day for the release. I saw the invoice for this
> online. The invoice is now removed and links on the whois report
> direct me to go to greatdomain.com and make a bid for this domain
> name. Minimum bid is $300.
GreatDomains is owned by Verisign which also owns NSI.
I too have seen evidence of this onerous practice. Seems to me that NSI are
failing to release expired domains back int the domain name space. What is ICANN
policy on this exploitation?
Adrian Cooper.