Unfortunately, once a domain gets to the stage where it's deleted due to expiry, there's no recourse.
There will be with this new "Restore" thing, however that pans out (as, from verisign, there is a fee) -- Charles Daminato Life is not holding a good hand; OpenSRS Product Manager Life is playing a poor hand well. Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Danish proverb > -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip Beazley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: January 17, 2003 12:46 PM > To: Charles Daminato > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Disappearing Renewals > > > At 12:23 PM 1/17/2003, Charles Daminato wrote: > > >I was slightly incorrect earlier. > > > >Currently, if a domain is deleted during a grace period (5 days from > >creation, within 45 from expiry) it's dropped directly into the pool. > > Okay, this domain was scooped up by someone else on day 42 or 43. > > Based on that, shouldn't we have some recourse here? > > >Verisign is introducing (this is ONLY for .com and .net) a "Restore" > >capability, that will "hold" deleted domains for 30 days after the delete > >command. There is a fee involved in "Restoring" a domain however, more > >details to come as they are available. The "Restore" will not > be available > >before January 25th from the registry, in either case. > > Okay, thanks. Will keep that in mind in the future. > > > -- > Phillip Beazley > Onvix -- Website Hosting, Development & E-commerce > Visit http://www.onvix.com/ or call 727-578-9600. >
