bababooey
05-06-2002, 01:53 PM
According to snapnames.com, the registrar of a deleted domain needs to send a "Delete" command to an organization called "The Registry."
http://www.snapnames.com/deleteprocess.html
Who is the registry? Is it possible that the delete request for my domain name was never sent? It has been on hold for 6 months now and has yet been made available. Can I make a request to Network Solutions to resend this "Delete" request and will this help, or can I somehow contact the Registry directly?
To refresh your memory, my domain name has been replying
"Domain not found locally, but Registry points back to local DB... " since Nov 5, 2001.
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:uzi: Notwork S.O.L. :smash:
flitcher
05-06-2002, 03:46 PM
Network solutions is the only registrar that publically puts domains onhold. Thus, they are the Registry, as they and Verisign own and manage the domain databases. Sometimes domains put onhold will not be released for whatever reason, and you can only wait until NSI drops that domain, there is nothing else you can do.
thewitt
05-06-2002, 04:21 PM
The Registry for COM, NET and ORG domains is Verisign.
You can find their contact information at http://www.verisign.com/support/contact.html#domains
Good luck!
-t
bababooey
05-06-2002, 07:38 PM
Originally posted by thewitt
The Registry for COM, NET and ORG domains is Verisign.
According to the contact page, their domain name customer support e-mail address is
help@networksolutions.com
Aaargh! I was hoping to contact another entity to complain about Network S:angry:luti:angry:ns!
markblair
05-06-2002, 07:55 PM
VeriSign is Network Solutions. They are the same company.
thewitt
05-06-2002, 08:03 PM
Registrar complaints should be made to ICANN at icann.org. Of course, you might want to check this site out as well.
http://www.nsihorrorstories.com
-t
Chicken
05-07-2002, 03:56 AM
Originally posted by bababooey
According to the contact page, their domain name customer support e-mail address is
help@networksolutions.com
Aaargh! I was hoping to contact another entity to complain about Network S:angry:luti:angry:ns!
Welcome to the wonderful world of S.O.L., brought to you by your friends at Verisign the Registrar and Verisign the Registry. Of course Verisign the Registrar pays the fees for all the on hold domains to Verisign the Registry (a completely separate entity *wink wink*), just as other registrars have to (*nudge nudge*).
4solutions
05-07-2002, 12:33 PM
Take heart my friends, NetworkSolutions actually released one of the domains I was looking to get. It only took seven months after expiration for them to decide to release it!
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