From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Sep 16 16: 8:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from magicnet.magicnet.net (magicnet.magicnet.net [204.96.116.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF8C214D78 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:08:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@bilver.magicnet.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by magicnet.magicnet.net (8.8.6/8.8.8) with UUCP id TAA22904 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:07:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from bill@localhost) by bilver.magicnet.net (8.9.2/8.9.1) id SAA31017 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:24:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:24:47 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dig @a.root-servers.net.. status: NXDOMAIN ?? Message-ID: <19990916182446.A30954@bilver.magicnet.net> References: <199909161531.KAA37312@www.SLipmat.net> <199909161643.KAA08662@mt.sri.com> <199909161650.LAA37748@www.SLipmat.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre1i In-Reply-To: <199909161650.LAA37748@www.SLipmat.net> Organization: Vermillion Consulting Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 11:50:19AM -0500, Brian Scott spewed forth: > I'd always relied on seeing "Status: HOLD" in the whois > of a domain if it was disabled due to payment, however > they're not doing that anymore =( They stopped doing that. The problem was that domain grabbers were checking millions of times a day for 'on hold' and continually requesting those addresses. The instant they became available they were grabbed. So that's why there is no HOLD status shown anymore. Bill -- Bill Vermillion bv @ wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message