Munir Nassar writes: > ever have a domain accidentally expire? Any decent registrar will send you reminder emails starting at 90 days from the expiration date. If you miss or ignore half a dozen emails reminding you to renew your domain, then you can't blame the registrar. > if it happens they hold it ransom for a $200something "activation" > fee. Wrong. Do a Google search for "domain redemption period". The registry (VeriSign) charges a high fee to restore domains that have been deleted by the registrar. This article provides a good explantion of the registrar / registry interaction for deletions: http://support.hosting.verio.com/verioknowbase/root/public/ves10015.htm -- David Phillips <david at acz.org> http://david.acz.org/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list