That sounds like a response from Verisign *registrar* when you were looking for a response from Verisign *registry*...
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Mark Petersen wrote: > Hello All, > I've been watching for a few domains to drop for a couple of clients of mine. > A couple of them are well over 90 days past expiration. Their previous registrars > say that they were submitted to VGRS weeks ago for deletion. I enquired about > this with VGRS. Below is the response I received. > <snip> > > Dear Mr. Petersen, > > Thank you for contacting VeriSign. > > VeriSign, Inc., periodically deletes domain names that are up > for deletion in bulk since bulk deletion better enables us to > insure that only those domain names that are actually up for > deletion are properly deleted (as compared to running a deletion > process). > > The dates on which these bulk deletions occur are arbitrarily > selected by our engineering department based upon system loading > and other technical factors. In order to protect against > an overload of our systems, we do not disclose these deletion dates. > > You may, therefore, either continue to check our site for the > availability of the domain name and attempt to obtain it through > the public registration process, contact http://www.snapnames.com > to attempt to back-order this domain, or, in the alternative, contact > the listed registrant directly and discuss the possibility of > executing a registrant name change agreement. > > To visit our WHOIS database to locate registrant information for > a domain, please go to: > > http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois > > Best regards, > > Garvinne001 > VeriSign > http://www.networksolutions.com > </snip> > > Ok, first off...Wow!! What a boatload of mumbo jumbo double talk crap!!!! > Secondly, didn't their used to be some limits as to when domains would be > deleted once they were submitted for deletion by their registrars? > Also, does it look to anyone else like perhaps the rules have been changed > in order to give Version's WLS a possible advantage in the future? Maybe it's > just me being paranoid, but that sure is what it looks like to me. I've certainly > never waited this long (9 weeks) for a domain to drop after it's been submitted > to drop in the past. > > Suggestions? Comments? Experiences? > Thanks, > Mark > > Mark Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Planet Nic http://www.planet-nic.com
