On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 07:15:35AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > David G Lawrence wrote: > > >> Dear Customer, > >> > >> It has been brought to our attention that some or all of the information > >> associated with your domain name FREEBSD.ORG is outdated or incorrect. > >> These types of complaints are brought to our attention in one of two > >> ways. > >> > >> The most common type of complaint is received from the Internet > >> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN is the > >> non-profit corporation responsible for accrediting domain name > >> registrars. ICANN requires domain name registration customers to keep > >> their account information current. ICANN mandates that outdated contact > >> information can be grounds for domain name cancellation. > > > > Michelle, > > > > The registration information for freebsd.org is correct. The only thing > > that is out of date is one of the email addresses ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), > > which I > > have tried to change, but have been unable to due to a problem with the > > Network Solutions website. > > I don't know who reported that the information was incorrect, but they > > are mistaken. I will additionally follow up in the other ways mentioned > > in your message. > > > [snip] > > ICANN requires registrars to verify the domain info once a year. I just went > through this with GoDaddy. I think the registrars see this as an > opportunity to market services. Different registrars bungle their marketing > effort in different ways. GoDaddy sent me instructions on what to do in > order to correct errors, but had absolutely nothing on how to proceed if > the information was correct. So I viewed this as something they could take > advantage of in order to get me to their site for a "hard sell" campaign.
So how do you folks who comply with ICANN's requirement deal with this? http://blog.forret.com/2004/12/domain-registry-of-america-scam/ -- This organisation is now known as "Domain Renewal Group", by the way. I'm quite interested in knowing; it might be tolerable if you've only one domain, but if you're a hosting provider and have 100? Let me know. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
