From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 22 6:55:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from uk2.kanda-systems.net (uk2.kanda-systems.net [193.195.117.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A2037B41D for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 06:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by uk2.kanda-systems.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A78143C412; Wed, 22 May 2002 14:58:14 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:58:14 +0100 From: Jason Taylor To: David Banning Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] question about expired web sites Message-ID: <20020522135813.GO3128@uk2.kanda-systems.net> Reply-To: Jason Taylor Mail-Followup-To: Jason Taylor , David Banning , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20020521212631.A1003@mail.clubplus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020521212631.A1003@mail.clubplus.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 09:26:31PM -0400, David Banning wrote: > Sorry if this is off topic - > If a domain name is expired, but is still listed in the whois database, > how long does it stay until the name can be taken by someone else? > > I am unable to register a name which is expired now almost a month. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message That will depend alot on the registrar/country.. Theres a few possibilities: 1. They drop them back in the pool. 2. They stay with the registrar for a long time and are used as an advertising placeholder. 3. Registrar announces it for sale. 4. Registrar allows alot of time for previous owner to renew. 5. Registrar sells it off to some dodgy third party so they can get the hits. Jason.. -- ==================================================================== Jason Taylor. Kanda Systems Ltd. Tel: +44/0 1970 621030 Systems Manager. Unit 17 Glanyrafon Fax: +44/0 1970 621040 jason@kanda.com. Enterprise Park. Mobile: +44/0 7976 926918 http://www.kanda.com. Ceredigion, UK http://shop.kanda.com ==================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message