In the http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc01/msg01017.html
Rob Hall wrote .......
"Drops" occur when domains are put on REGISTRY-DELETE-NOTIFY status
by the Registry. Domains changed to this status are removed from
the root zone files and are scheduled to be batch deleted after a 5
calendar day waiting period.
Domains are only changed to this status if a Registrar deletes a
domain name outside of the 5 and 45 day grace periods. The 5 day
grace period applies to new, transferred and explicitly renewed
registrations and the 45 day grace period applies to auto-renewed
registrations.
For most Registrars, expired domains never go to
REGISTRY-DELETE-NOTIFY status. We want to make sure that we don't
lose an extra $6 to VeriSign, so we delete an expired domain name
within the 45 day grace period. When this occurs, the domain is
available IMMEDIATELY for re-registration. These names are not
part of the "land rush" that occurs at 6:30 Eastern US time.
Now the vast majority of the expiring domains reside in the legacy
Registrar -- Network Solutions -- which as we know is part of
VeriSign. For reasons unique to Network Solutions, they as a
Registrar have decided not to delete unpaid domains within 45 days
of expiration. Hence the "land rush".
My suggestion is that we eliminate the "land rush" by asking
Network Solutions to play by the rules that the rest of us
Registrars are financially constrained to follow. If 45 days is
not a large enough grace period for Network Solutions to delete
expired domains from their database, I (personally as I do not
speak for the employer) would be willing to support a request for
VeriSign to extend the 45 day grace for all Registrars.
Unquote
So you will not see domains registered at other registrars, such OpenSRS in
Local DB status, only Good Old NSI seems to have the special reasons/systems
to squat on a name longer that 45 days past it's expiry date.
Cheers
Genie Livingstone
eyeondomain.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: SnapNames and OpenSRS.
> Hi,
>
> It never showed the:
> " Domain not found locally, but Registry points back to local DB.
> Local whois DB must be out of date. "
>
> for that name, I checked it regularly.
>
> It just went from displaying the full whois info to SnapNames
> control.
>
> Jeff
>
> William X Walsh wrote:
> >
> > Monday, Monday, September 03, 2001, 11:15:10 PM, Jeff wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > Well, i was tracking a name, and it never went through the 5 day
> > > registry delete and was picked up by SnapNames.
> >
> > How do you know it didn't go through the 5 day delete?
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Userfriendly.com Domains
> > --
>
