From: "erol M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Nobody appears to be veering off topic. The fact is that this currently > cannot be done according to the way the registry operator handles > transactions. Call this what you will it is a reality and I dont think it > will change, at the registry level , for a while. This has been pointed > out several times.
But that is why we are discussing it. Ross is watching and can do much better than I at the best procedure to do this (IE: Approaching ICANN Etc.) > > Try thinking of the problem differently --- virtual expiration dates. The > customer would pay $N to have all expiration dates virtually renewed to > allow for one expiration date. This date would be reflected in the registrars > WHOIS, but not with the registry. According to the registrar this would be > the "official" expiration date, and if payment was not made at some point > down the road the registrar would delete the domain. Out of the question. They want to see the same date on every record, otherwise they do not feel "Secure" about it all and we just get a tone of emails verifying and asking why the who-is doesn't match what we tell them. > > -erol > > > -- > > Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.4CheapDomains.Net > > Need Advertising? Try DeerSearch.Com http://www.DeerSearch.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:29 AM > > Subject: Re: Moving renewal dates... > > > > > > > If you're his reseller, set the domain to auto-renew. Then all he has to > > > WORRY about it is paying the invoice. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "John T. Jarrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "discuss-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 7:47 AM > > > Subject: RE: Moving renewal dates... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My vote is that I'd like to see this implemented. > > > > > > > > If only for a client or two, they'd probably pay at a higher > > > > rate to ease the renewal process. > > > > > > > > More importantly, they wouldn't have to WORRY about losing a > > > > domain name that they missed the renewal e-mail on. I mean, > > > > I know they get several but this one guy gets a few hundred > > > > e-mails a day and isn't really a computer guy to start with > > > > so does worry. > > > > > > > > My $0.02 > > > > > > > > John > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > erol M > > > > >
