> b) we DID send an email to the admin contact and gave them > five days to NACK the request > c) not answering your email, as the administrative contact > for the domain, is irresponsible. Do they answer their > phones, I wonder? (see? somewhat cold hearted.)
The only problem I have with this is we don't tell people in big bold letters when they register their domain that they risk losing it if they don't answer email sent to their admin email address every five days during any time of the year. I'm actually surprised that more domains aren't hijacked with this policy, since it would be fairly easy to target domains with bogus email addresses and simply transfer them away. With many domains not actively used (held to protect IP or for future use, etc), the act may go unnoticed for quite a long time - certainly long enough to resell interesting domain names to others... It just seems like a harsh penalty to me. "Don't answer email when you are on vacation and lose your domain." I have an answering machine that answers my phone when I'm out. My mail will wait for me to return from vacation. If I own a domain name, I risk losing it when I'm on vacation... Not all domains are owned by businesses. Not everyone answers their email in a week. It will be a problem someday. I'm surprised it's not a problem already. I suspect it's because not a huge population understands the auto-ack policy today. -Tim -- myOstrich Internet http://www.myostrich.net
