Here is another article that only makes things worse. Verisign GRS have decided to halt the batch release of all deleted and expired TLD's (.com .net & .org). This effectively means that for the foreseeable future no expired domains will be deleted or dropped from the system until Verisign and ICANN have come up with a solution to stop the hammering of the SRS every morning when the names are deleted. http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr10aug01.htm CDitty At 05:39 PM 8/15/2001, you wrote: >This atricle from slashdot is slight dated (july) but relevant: > >http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/00/06/16/1941232.shtml > > >bart johnston