On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Loren Stocker wrote: > Do you have an example? Do you mean renewed with NSI?
Yes, renewed with NSI. I determined this by examining the last-updated dates in the registry whois on these domains. The registry automatically adds 1 year and updates the last-updated date on the anniversary date of the domain. This happens irrespective of whether the domain holder has actually requested a renewal from NSI. If the domain holder goes to NSI to pay for a renewal at some later date, after the registry has already added a year, NSI won't send a renewal command to the registry IF the domain holder only renews for 1 year, because the additional year has already been added by the registry. The last-updated date still shows the anniversary date, thus we can infer that the domain holder only renewed for 1 year. If the domain holder renews for more than 1 year, NSI has to add the additional years at the registry, and the last-updated date in the registry will show the actual date of the renewal. So far, as far as I can tell, the pattern has been that the expiry dates have disappeared only from domains which were renewed for 1 year during the past few weeks, but they're still shown on all other domains. I suspect this is just a bug in some piece of code at NSI, and the missing expiry dates will reappear eventually. > > Best, Loren > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Scott Goodman wrote: > > > > > Hmm. Did a little digging and it seems to just be *some* records. Maybe > > just the expired ones? Or maybe they are in the process of removing it > > from all records... > > It seems to be getting removed during the renewal process, and only from > domains that are being renewed for 1 year. >
