<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Another reason to hate spam . On seeing something like this , unless it looks both clear and certain - many will treat it as still more spam . <br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 9/28/09, conspire-request@linuxmafia.com <i><conspire-request@linuxmafia.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div class="plainMail">...<br>See "Domain Statuses" and "Domain Expiration" on<br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Network_Other" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Network_Other</a> for a rundown on how all this <br>works. Briefly:<br><br>At expiration, you get a ~40 day grace period. Displayed expiration<br>date in WHOIS will get an _apparent_ one-year extension, but that isn't <br>_your_ claim to the domain, but rather the registrar's, and it's vital<br>to understand that the
domain _is_ actually expired. During the ~40<br>days, you can still redeem the domain at the regular renewal rate.<br><br>Following the ~40 day grace period is a 30 day "redemption period". You<br>can _probably_ still resurrect the domain, but it'll cost a lot more.<br><br>After that is 5 days during which the registrar is preparing to drop the<br>domain into the public up-for-grabs pool, _or_ to pass it to a<br>speculator. You have no ability to renew, and will have to hope you're<br>faster than other people in re-registering it after the "drop"....<br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>