[thelist] .com Re-registration

[A. Erickson]

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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