On this... CIRA is holding all expired names until Jan 17, 2001....at which point there's a day and a half (about) period where names are available in a 'To Be Released' status (TBR), where Registrars can use complete different systems to register them, if and only if the registrant who wants the name already exists as a data element at CIRA (wha?). If the name is not snatched during that TBR windows, it get's released and is available in the pool again.
We've built nothing to grab these TBR names at the moment; I'm speaking with Scott and our lead .ca developer to figure out what we'll do. FYI, that TBR status system will continue to exist *after* Jan 17th; each day, the names that expired yesterday will be available under this weird system for a few hours, and then released. More information (for those that don't find my summary entirely complete) can be found at: http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/56.html and... Section 4 of: http://www.cira.ca/official-doc/106.TECHSPEC_188.pdf Thanks, Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: .ca expired > > > Why are or Dec 1st expired .ca's not showing up anywhere under expired nor > deleted? > > Jo Shea >
