I have to admit that doing this without an explicit opt-in sounds like a
plan Al Gore would come up with (or at least take credit for). Most people
do not like to be told 'I know what is best for you'.

Austin  

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Subject: Re: ICANN caught with pants down -- implements Expired Domain
Deletions Policy

On Sep 28, 2004, at 1:31 PM, Russ Goodwin wrote:

> The registrant would have had ~60+ days to get their name back after 
> it expired and stopped working under the current system, and assuming 
> they were contacted for 60 days prior to expiration, this is probably 
> enough time to cover the vast majority of situations.
>
> I would consider it an insult to come home or back to work, find out 
> my domain isn't working, try to renew but get told it's gone to 
> auction, then receive a piddly little check for my share of the 
> revenue.
>
> I know many of us (especially others in the drop game) take a dim view 
> of those who can't be bothered to renew prior to expiration, but when 
> you're the aloof registrant who just expects things to work (or the 
> reseller to the aloof registrant) things look different.
>
>

Of course, at this time, when it is possible to register a name for a period
of up to 10 years, can we really be that sympathetic to people that let
registrations lapse?

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