That 5 day buffer is only for domains deleted OUTSIDE any grace period. This does not apply to expired domains (I was incorrect in my statements earlier this week in that regard)
-- 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phillip Beazley > Sent: January 17, 2003 1:47 PM > To: Charles Daminato > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Disappearing Renewals > > > At 01:43 PM 1/17/2003, Charles Daminato wrote: > > >When a domain is deleted outside of a normal graceperiod... i.e. > if it's not > >5 days from creation, nor after expiry (45 day max), nor within > 5 days of a > >renewal/transfer (where applicable). > > > >So, under "normal" circumstances (the other 360-ish days in the > year), if a > >domain is deleted, it's not released for 5 days... typically domains are > >only deleted outside of a grace period for compliance/legal reasons - the > >registry gives a 5 day buffer for a "OH NO!", so it can be undone. > > > >That 5 day buffer is also being replaced with the 30 day "Restore" window > >(Verisign is calling it a "Redemption Period") > > Why can't we use this buffer then? 5 days isn't up yet. > > > -- > Phillip Beazley > Onvix -- Website Hosting, Development & E-commerce > Visit http://www.onvix.com/ or call 727-578-9600. >
