> The dxpiry date on the first bit says it expired on 30 march 2004 and > the second bit says it expires on the 30 March 2003
Registry Expiration Date: 30-mar-2004 Network Solutions Registrar Record expires on 30-Mar-2003. It is explained in the NOTICE included in the registry WHOIS: > NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the > registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is > currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration > date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring > registrar. Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to > view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration. Reason #1 The registry recently started showing the registry expiration date of a domain. The expiration date could possibly be different between the registry and registrar if the domain was automatically renewed by the registry at the end of the registration term and the registrar has not yet collected payment from the registrant. The registrar will not change the date in the registrar database until they have received payment. Reason #2 This NOTICE was added recently by Verisign Registry to provide an *excuse* for Network Solutions Registrar's practice of not recognizing remaining registration time from a losing registrar when transferring a domain to Network Solutions (Network Solutions is a Verisign company). Reason #1 is probably similar to the official response you would receive from Verisign Registry or Network Solutions, but reason #2 is probably closer to reality. P.S. the correct address of the mailing list is [EMAIL PROTECTED] not [EMAIL PROTECTED]
