It's not a rumor, it's a fact. At one time NetSol's policy was to hold on to desireable domain names and auction them off. I don't know if they still do it but they used to have a department set up just for this and advertised it.
David Daniels System Administrator Starfish Internet Service [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Domain Names that should be available but are not... > Scott, > > While I have no doubt that NetSol is holding onto > domain names it considers may fetch a price, a rumor > is not fact and my experience illustrates the rumour > is not accurate for all domain names showing expired > but not available. > > In my case it was near to two (2) months between the > expiry of the name and when I could register it. At > no time did I reserve the name. > > Please be cautious in repeating rumour as fact. > NetSol has done many documented underhanded things, > when we assign rumour as fact, though, we set up the > fact to be disbelieved as well. > > --Jonathan Moore > > --- "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Is what Network Solutions is doing regarding > > > > "holding" domains hostage that > > > > should be available after the expiration date > > legal? > > > > >It's a bookkeeping process. If the name's been > > >expired for a month that means that in the next > > couple > > >of weeks it will become available for registering. > > > > That is actually very much NOT true (with Network > > Solutions/Verisign). > > > > For about 2 years now, they have been hoarding > > domain names as they expire, > > planning to auction them off someday. There are > > *many* domains that > > expired years ago that NetSol/Verisign has. > > > > The rumor is that you can gamble the $60 at > > SnapNames to get the domain -- > > but they've got a great racket going. You pay them > > $60, and they don't > > even have to give you the name! > > > > > > -Scott > > --- > > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking > > solutions for > > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > > > --- > > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude > > Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: > > http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: > http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > http://news.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
