Could be that the domain he was really concerned about wasn't the one he
put the whois for? I don't have my notes, but the domain he said he
wanted is reported as being taken at NSI - I did no further research to
verify if this domain actually was released appropriately or not (I'll dig
tomorrow).
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 4 May 2001, Jeff wrote:
> It does then raise the question: How could another registrar process a
> registration for this domain??
> If the details quoted are correct, then "> > > Record expires on
> 07-Apr-2001." plus 40 days, would mean that OSRS requests the registry to
> delete the name on 17th May 2001... My calander shows that as being nearly
> 2 weeks into the future..
>
> Rgds
> Jeff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Loren Stocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "William X.Walsh"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Sudharmono" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 4:02 AM
> Subject: RE: [Re: on hold domain]
>
>
> > Actually, for this domain (the person emailed me offlist) it had already
> > been registered by another customer at another registrar.
> >
> > Our policy is to delete the domain at 40 days past expiry, 5 days after
> > (which is the 45 alloted by the registry) the domain should be released
> into
> > the name space. If it's not, we have no more control over it - but can
> > escalate where pertinent :)
> >
> > Charles Daminato
> > OpenSRS Product Manager
> > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Loren Stocker
> > > Sent: May 3, 2001 1:50 PM
> > > To: William X.Walsh; Sudharmono
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [Re: on hold domain]
> > > Importance: Low
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Guys,
> > >
> > > Yes, but don't for get this is the "current" policy -- in quotes I
> noted!
> > > Perhaps Tucows had an "Easy-Going" policy in the past:) What's the word,
> > > Chuck?
> > >
> > > Best, Loren
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hello Sudharmono,
> > >
> > > Thursday, May 03, 2001, 1:12:37 AM, Sudharmono wrote:
> > >
> > > > As long as I know, OpenSRS very fast to release the expired
> > > domain names,
> > > since I ever have experience that one of my client lost his domain
> because
> > > they were late to renew it for 2 days.
> > >
> > > > Today I'd like to register an expired domain name which previously
> > > registered though OpenSRS.
> > > > whois.opensrs.net show the following info:
> > > > Record last updated on 10-Apr-2001.
> > > > Record expires on 07-Apr-2001.
> > > > Record Created on 07-Apr-2000.
> > >
> > > > But, I could not take this domain.
> > > > The script said that domain name is taken.
> > >
> > > > I was wondering how long OpenSRS will hold the domain name
> > > before release it
> > > back to the market?
> > >
> > > 40 days before OpenSRS deletes it. 5 days more for the registry to
> > > delete it.
> > >
> > > I doubt your client lost his OpenSRS registered domain after 2 days.
> > > Perhaps it was simply put on hold.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best regards,
> > > William X Walsh
> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Owner, Userfriendly.com
> > > Userfriendly.com Domains
> > > The most advanced domain lookup tool on the net
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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