This only applies to domains that a registrar holds sponsorship of - we can't delete or query names held at NSI and vice versa. Probably a good thing - I'm sure our market share would fluctuate downward if there was a big red delete button in Stratton's office. ;)
-rwr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Broughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Oleg Chebotarev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 4:10 PM Subject: Re: Accurate Whois info > Sorry Ross... just want to be clear here on exactly what you're saying. > Because you are "a registrar" that means you can contact a domain owner and > request that they provide accurate information and if they don't they would > lose it? > > Just wonder what constitutes a lack of response. Here's a real case in > point. We've tried to purchase for quite some time a domain that has never > been used (and the last time it was up for renewal it was allowed to go 60 > days past the expiry before it was mysteriously renewed at NSI. Any email > sent to the admin and billing contact (the same email) bounces and there is > no phone number. The letters sent to the address are never answered so... > how are we to know whether this domain actually has an owner or if NSI is > just hanging onto it? > > Are you saying we can petition Tucows to see if they are for real (by asking > for a contact update) and then if there is no response initiate a request > for it to be deleted? Or when you say "a registrar" did you really mean > "that domain's registrar"? i.e. if they're satisfied that the person exists > then that's as far as we're allowed to take it? > > You see on the other side of the coin I'd be surprised if the domain owner > is under any obligation to respond to another registrar that they have no > contract or dealings with. > > Please elaborate. > > Cheers. > > Jack > > "Ross Wm. Rader" wrote: > > > > But, from polices perspective, those people could lose their domain at > > > any time since the information is not correct. > > > Am I right? > > > > Only if they fail to respond to a specific request from a registrar > > requesting an update to the information in order to create an accurate > > record. > > > > -rwr >
