I posted the same exact set of bs emails from TotalNic's Brad Pitt moron about a month ago. Ross said he would check into it but I haven't heard anything back. I was forced to renew for another year through TotalNic. I will NOT be sending any international faxes/letters to prove I own the domain. It's complete BULLSHIT.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Carey Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 1:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CORE refuses to transfer domains I have a client that is trying to transfer a domain from a CORE registrar (Totalnic.com) to us. The original tranfer was denied. He contacted totalnic who said that "For security reasons, it is contrary to TotalNIC policy to allow transfers to other registrars" - see text below. They stated that the automated transfer policy gave them no opportunity to properly verify the customer. They have asked my customer to send in notarised photostats of drivers licenses etc before they will allow the transfer to proceed - all of this done via the email address in the whois ! Now isn't there an ICANN requirement that trnasfers be allowed without all this manual verification (it's worse than getting a web cert). Here is the text of a series of emails from totalnic (printed with the clients permission): ----- Original Message ----- From: "TotalNIC Hostmaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bill Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:57 PM Subject: Re: Domain Tranfer > > Dear Sir, > > > For your protection against the industry wide recent rash of fraud, it is > contrary to TotalNIC policy to allow transfers to other registrars as we > are unable to verify that it is indeed the owner or admin contact that has > initiated the transfer. > > Due to inadequacies and restrictions in the main CORE registry system, we > require the following for proof of identity and ownership. The domain name > or domain names; a copy of the driver's license or picture page from the > passport for the Administrative contact; on letterhead, a letter from the > Registrant acknowledging the validity of the Administrative claim and; on > letterhead, a letter from the Administrative contact asserting that they > are the legal representative for the domain name(s). These items must be > typewritten, notarized and sent to our CORE offices at Capital Networks, > PTY LTD; PO Box 383; Dickson, ACT 2602; Australia. > > If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. > > We'd also like to take the opportunity to let you know that TotalNIC now > offers phone support around the clock. For the hours of 8am to 12am Monday > - Friday Australian time, please call our Australian number at +61 2 6245 > 1666 and for phone support outside of those hours, please call the US > number at +1 303 302 1400. > > Thank you for using TotalNIC. > > Bradley M. Pitt > Customer Support Specialist > TotalNIC Domain Registration Service >
