[thelist] .com Re-registration

[CDitty]

Nope.  NSI still holds the database.  You still have to wait for NSI to 
release it.

At 09:47 PM 12/6/00 , you wrote:
>So... what about these other domain-registering services? Don't they have to
>use the same database as NSI? Can you nab it after its expiration by using
>another service?
>
>- amanda
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> > [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Hugh Blair
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 7:37 PM
> > To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> > Subject: RE: [thelist] .com Re-registration
> >
> >
> > NSI has been doing this for months, over a year.  I could point
> > you to a domain
> > that 'expired' 18 months ago and yet is not available.  You might
> > read through
> > the chaff of other issues and see some of the discussions about
> > this at the
> > OpenSRS discussion list:
> >
> > http://www.opensrs.org/archives/discuss-list/index.shtml
> >
> > Just search the archives and you'll find out more about this
> > issue than you
> > really wanted to know.  Good luck - and keep plugging.  "weird.com" was
> > 'expired' for almost 9 months before it was release earlier this
> > year - and I
> > missed getting it by 1 day.  (Someone was running a script that
> > checked every
> > hour, or so he told me.)
> >
> > -Hugh
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of CDitty
> > > Subject: RE: [thelist] .com Re-registration
> > >
> > > I think the waiting period is ridiculous.  The domain I want still has
> > > nothing on it.  After 3 years of being registered, nothing.
> > Just a "coming
> > > soon" on the page.   I don't want to email the guy and offer to buy it
> > > because it is a good name and the guy will prob stick it to me.
> > >
> > > Of course, NSI could be holding the domain to "auction" it off.
> >  I remember
> > > some article about that a few months ago.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > At 08:54 PM 12/6/00 , you wrote:
> > > >Yes, a friend of mine went through a similar ordeal and hasn't
> > had any luck
> > > >with NSol freeing up the domain.
> > > >
> > > >My question is then, how did companies like Adobe and Salon get their
> > > >domains registered by other parties when it had expired? Is
> > this the reason
> > > >for the "waiting period" or did those people merely pop up at
> > the right time
> > > >and request them?
> > > >
> > > >- amanda
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of CDitty
> > > > > Subject: Re: [thelist] .com Re-registration
> > > > >
> > > > > I had this happen on a site I wanted too.  After 2 months,
> > it was finally
> > > > > renewed and they still own it.  It seems that NSI gives a
> > little "extra"
> > > > > time just in case.
> > > > >
> > > > > Keep checking.  Maybe it'll be free one day soon.
> > > > >
> > > > > At 04:32 PM 12/6/00 , you wrote:
> > > > > >Hello Listees,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >A domain name registered with Network Solutions has the
> > > > > following entries on
> > > > > >the whois lookup:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Record last updated on 09-Nov-1998.
> > > > > >    Record expires on 09-Nov-2000.
> > > > > >    Record created on 09-Nov-1998.
> > > > > >    Database last updated on 6-Dec-2000 15:14:57 EST.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Now, to my eyes that means that the cybersquatter hasn't renewed
> > > > > the domain
> > > > > >name and yet it's not available, apparently.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Am I missing something fundamental?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >TVM
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Richard
> >
> >
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