Huh, I thought this would generate way more discussion. I'm collecting feedback on this internally though and should have something soon. My understanding is that the 5-day message is sent out to all contacts on the domain, and this is an ICANN requirement. (those fans of the "Let Expire" setting loooove this one)
-andrewm dnsadmin wrote: > Doesn't it seem illogical to you, that when a domain renewal comes up, and > it is up to them to pay for the renewal, that the billing contact only gets > a 5 day notice? > > I can understand that for registrar transfers, the person who manages the > domain (admin) should be notified -- but for an approaching expiration, it > should be BOTH the admin + billing contacts that get the notice. > > Does anyone else agree? > > We've had issues where the admin contact is the webmaster, and the site > owner (and domain owner) is the Organizational contact and billing contact. > > At the 5 day before expiry mark, usually the billing contact will show up in > a panic, an they demand to know why the admin contact knew about the > upcoming expiry before they did. > > Does it not make sense that a domain that is expiring should be of concern > to the designated billing contact? > > Finally, in the RWI, if you could have a configurable option that would say: > > 60 day notice, send to: __ Admin ___ Tech ___ Billing > > So you could specify which contacts, get which expiration notices? > > I understand that domain transfers must go to the admin, but expiration > notices shouldn't have the same restriction. > > _______________________________________________ > domains-gen mailing list > [email protected] > http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen > _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
