Re[2]: [ga] VeriSign complains...

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Alex,

Friday, July 20, 2001, 7:01:29 AM, Alex Kells wrote:

> Personally, I like the idea of the losing Registrar confirming the transfer
> request - the only problem I have with it, is that NetSol only give 72 hours
> to respond. I've returned to work on a Monday morning to find my mailbox
> filled with these - only to discover that the 3 days has already expired
> (the email having been received after close of business on the Friday).

> Currently the onus is on the receiving Registrar to confirm the transfer
> request... I have experienced unauthorised transfers - the Registrant had no
> idea that a transfer request had been initiated - the domain was returned
> after numerous trans-atlantic phone calls and shouting - the receiving
> Registrar put it all down to an "administrative error".

Doesn't it make much more sense to adopt a policy like the the Tucows
policy on outgoing transfer notifications, which rather than requiring
the ack at the losing registrar, provides a mechanism for the domain
registrant to be notified and block any transfer attempts, or to
expedite their transfer request.

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Best regards,
William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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