In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Paul Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>On May 10, 2007, at 12:56 AM, Dave Warren wrote:
>
>> When hotmail.com expired, for example, it was deleted immediately and
>> grabbed up by someone else (who was nice about it)
>
>Errr no.
>
>What happened was it expired because Microsoft forgot to pay for it  
>and it went NXDOMAIN.
>
>At the time anyone could go to Network Solutions' website and pay the  
>annual fee for ANY domain via credit card.

Ahh, bad memory then -- Sorry.

>So some kind soul did just that, to reactivate it for Microsoft. From  
>memory, they sent him a check and he framed it.

That part I remember.
-- 
Dave Warren,          [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Office: (403) 775-1700   /   (888) 300-3480

_______________________________________________
domains-gen mailing list
[email protected]
http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen

Reply via email to