Though I don't disagree with this in general, a registered letter to whom? If the email address is "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and the physical address is "1 Horsefeather Lane, Anytown USA" to whom do you send the notice?
Now you could argue that since the domain has been purchased and paid for, it should not pre-expire at all for incorrect whois data, however it should certainly be dropped when it's registration period expires. The problem with domains not being dropped is not a whois problem and should not cloud this discussion - though it is a very serious problem in an of itself. -Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of ezgoing > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 9:04 AM > To: George Kirikos; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: WHOIS accuracy, and name deletions > > > I agree that 15 days is not reasonable. > > I believe that the policy of Verisign and other Registrars > not releasing expired domains is more of a problem than the > Whois information not being accurate. Why hasn't anything > ever been done about this problem? > > It would be nice if it was accurate but it should require a > registered letter before the domain could be deleted. Place > it on hold after 15 days, delete after three months if there > is no response to a registered letter. > > Ed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Kirikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 4:15 AM > Subject: WHOIS accuracy, and name deletions > > > > Hello, > > > > Folks might not be aware of discussions going on in the > WHOIS accuracy > > task force of the DNSO/GNSO. See: > > > > http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-whois/Arc00/msg00806.html > > > > for instance. > > > > Am I the only one who is concerned that a legitimately held > name might > > be deleted due to a simple failure to respond within 15 days? Given > > the amount of spam out there (it's easy to accidentally > skip over an > > email, thinking it was spam), and lack of guaranteed delivery of > > email, I think that this is a very dangerous and poorly thought-out > > proposal for legitimate domain holders, especially those with small > > staffs (or self-employed). I am all for WHOIS accuracy (it helps to > > promote responsible internet usage, and reduce abuse > behaviour), but > > there needs to be some balance in that proposal. If someone goes on > > holidays for 3 weeks, or misses an email, conceivably they > could find > > all their valuable domains are no longer held by them! > > > > I would hope that OpenSRS and other leading registrars > would implement > > a "white-list" (where domain WHOIS is permanently marked as > > "accurate", or if not permanent than for long intervals of > months, not > > days) of protected names, or other mechanisms to ensure that > > legitimate and correct domains are not hijacked through > misuse of this > > policy, and that domains are protected. "Rogue" domain > holders, with > > obviously fake WHOIS should be pursued, but legitimate > holders should > > be protected. > > > > If AT&T, AOL, Google or another elite company moves its > offices, and > > happens to not update their WHOIS records for a few weeks, > should they > > lose *all* of their domains? Obviously not...they have the lawyers > > (and > > trademarks) to ensure that they'd get back any domain name > that their > > registrar deletes, but smaller companies do not! > > > > Every summer, a lot of people move to new homes or apartments -- > > should they all be rushing to change their WHOIS the exact > moment they > > move, or fear losing all their domain names? > > > > Sincerely, > > > > George Kirikos > > http://www.kirikos.com/ > >
