At 01:20 PM 1/17/2003, Charles Daminato wrote:
Okay, now I'm really confused. :) Where does the 5-day grace period come into play?The registry states that a registrar has no more than 45 days to delete a domain, after expiry, to state they no longer wish to have the registration. Otherwise, the registrar is charged for this domain year (whether they want it or not).Given that imposed timeframe, we decided to delete at day -40. Rather, as stated below, we start trying to delete at day -40. We built in a buffer in case we cannot perform the deletion command (for whatever reason). This allows us to work within the 45 day limit that is imposed by the registry, but not flirt with the absolute timeline - just in case. It is up to each registrar to decide how they will work within the business rules provided by the registry. We decided at the beginning (and have been doing this since renewals/expirations started) to delete the domain at day -40
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