What would be the most realisic start date for real .info names to be
registered? We don't want our clients to think they've registered when it's
just a lottery and we don't want the headache of explaining all the rules and
managing refunds etc. Do any .biz or .info names resolve yet?
Alan DeRossett
Digital Starlight Communications Inc.
Charles Daminato wrote:
> Well, we ARE taking duplicate registrations from an OpenSRS point of view,
> but still only one per reseller. So we could have several thousand sex.info
> registrations in our randomized queue before we submit one.
>
> Charles Daminato
> OpenSRS Product Manager
> Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William X. Walsh
> > Sent: June 19, 2001 11:07 AM
> > To: Rick Baraniuk
> > Cc: Robert L Mathews; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: .info Duplicates NOT Accepted
> >
> >
> > Hello Rick,
> >
> > >From the latest reseller update:
> >
> > .info update: critical pre-reg application changes
> > -------------------
> >
> > In response to overwhelming reseller demand, and in an effort to
> > ensure that each reseller, regardless of size, has an equal
> > opportunity to register the best .info domain names: Tucows will
> > accept duplicate Landrush pre-registrations. Duplicates will be
> > randomized and a single application chosen before submission to
> > Afilias for Landrush.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sure sounds like you are taking duplicate registrations to me :)
> >
> >
> >
> > Tuesday, June 19, 2001, 7:36:12 AM, Rick Baraniuk wrote:
> >
> > > OpenSRS will be accepting a SINGLE pre-registration for a
> > particular name
> > > (e.g. sex.info) from each reseller. Therefore we will not be permitting
> > > 1000 applications for a .info name (unlike .biz domain name
> > applications)
> >
> > > Essentially, the 'first' draw will happen 7 days after the open of the
> > > registry, the 'second' will happen three days after that, the
> > 'third' three
> > > days after, etc. You should know soon enough whether a domain has been
> > > successfully pre-registered - you will receive an 'error' message.
> >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > > Rick
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert L Mathews
> > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:02 PM
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: .info Duplicates Accepted
> >
> >
> > > "OpenSRS Live Reseller Update 06/18/01" wrote:
> >
> > >>.info update: critical pre-reg application changes
> > >>-------------------
> > >>
> > >>In response to overwhelming reseller demand, and in an effort to
> > >>ensure that each reseller, regardless of size, has an equal
> > >>opportunity to register the best .info domain names: Tucows will
> > >>accept duplicate Landrush pre-registrations. Duplicates will be
> > >>randomized and a single application chosen before submission to
> > >>Afilias for Landrush.
> >
> > > So is there anything preventing a single reseller from
> > submitting, say, a
> > > million applications for sex.info? Or are we going to have a meltdown?
> >
> > > Also, just to be sure I understand, Afilias will still be holding
> > > drawings every week (or so), right? So assuming sex.info is awarded in
> > > the first drawing, there's no point in applying for it one week later,
> > > because it will have been taken. So I assume you guys are going
> > to try to
> > > keep your queues in sync with the Afilias queues so you submit one
> > > application (at random) each time Afilias is going to process a round?
> >
> > > --
> > > Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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