Err... I meant to say Bradley. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Densmore > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 8:13 AM > To: Mark Hutchings > Cc: kclug@kclug.org > Subject: RE: What a bunch of crap! > > > I agree with Mark. This is an issue of cybersquatting. You have a good > case to yank that domain away from this guy. Especially if you have > documentation. > > IANAL, > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Hutchings [mailto:desynergy@onebox.com] > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:52 AM > > To: Hanasaki JiJi > > Cc: kclug@kclug.org > > Subject: Re: What a bunch of crap! > > > > > > It's not that I have a problem with registering the domain (I > > use GoDaddy.Com > > - $8.99/year), it's an employee of the registar (Verisign) > > got a domain > > name that I've been waiting for before it was even officially > > released. > > > > -- > > Mark Hutchings > > desynergy@onebox.com - email > > > > > > ---- Hanasaki JiJi wrote: > > > www.directnic.com has been very good for me. > > > 15/yr > > > 05/yr for dns services > > > > > > Mark Hutchings wrote: > > > > This is off topic but I wanted to share with you how > much Verisign > > > sucks. > > > > I've been waiting for a domain name since about October of 2001 > > > in which > > > > it expired in October of 2001. So I called up Verisign > > and got some > > > > guy that could hardly speak english. Their "domain > name technical > > > support" > > > > are totally clueless on when Verisign is going to > release a domain > > > name. > > > > So they suggest I use a service called SnapNames.Com which does > > > a whois > > > > all the time, and when a domain name is available, it'll > > automatically > > > > register the domain to you. Seemed like $69.95 was > well worth it. > > > Since > > > > last October I called Verisign several times. "Why has > > Verisign released > > > > domain names that expired a few months ago, but the one I > > want that > > > expired > > > > last October is still being held by you guys?" Of course > > no one could > > > > give me an answer. Well tonight SnapNames sends me my > > warning email > > > > saying that the domain record has chaged. I'm thinking "Great! > > > I finally > > > > got it!" Guess what, someone from Verisign (Jacobs, > > Matthew (MJ3156) > > > > mjacobs@VERISIGN.COM)) gets the domain for the next 2 > > years and points > > > > it to 1436.LAME-DELEGATION.ORG before it was even > > released by Verisign! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > majordomo@kclug.org > > > > > majordomo@kclug.org >