Marc Schneiders wrote:
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, at 16:12 [=GMT-0500], R. Peter Ejtel wrote:[...]Domains names that are not renewed within 40 days of their expiry date can now be restored during the Redemption Period that starts 45 days following the expiry date and ends 75 days following the expiry date. *** During the Redemption Period the Verisign Global Registry WHOIS will show the domain status as "REDEMPTIONPERIOD".I wonder how this can be then: Domain Name: *******.NET Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Status: REDEMPTIONPERIOD Updated Date: 07-feb-2003 Creation Date: 31-dec-1999 Expiration Date: 31-dec-2002 This seems to have been put into REDEMPTIONPERIOD after 38 days or so, not 45.
Each registrar sets the amount of time after expiry before they issue a DELETE command. Since it's in NetSol's best interests to get domains into the redemption period ($85+ renewal instead of a $20-$35 renewal), they'll probably start deleting sooner rather then later.
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I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure.
