I can envisage exactly that sort of scenario occuring more often.  The
sad thing is that gTLD names have nowhere near the protection that .au
names have for the registrant.  Out of the frying pan into the fire ...

Roll on the changes that empower resellers to take a more proactive (and
recognised) role.

Ron Stark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Rowe [mailto:josh§email.nu] 
> Sent: Monday, 1 December 2003 8:13 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: RE: [DNS] Scammers and slammers - a consequence
> 
> 
> Ron,
> 
> I am aware of one case where a registrant was so conditioned 
> to ignoring domain name "notices" that he totally disregarded 
> a real Melbourne IT renewal notice, so his domain name lapsed 
> and his web site and email stopped working.
> 
> His response was to "ditch .au domain names completely" (his 
> words) and go with a gTLD instead.
> 
> 
> Josh
> --
> http://josh.id.au/
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Stark
> Sent: Monday, 1 December 2003 7:10 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: [DNS] Scammers and slammers - a consequence
> 
> About a month ago I mailed out an important letter regarding 
> domain names under my control to some 35 registrants.  Only 3 
> acted on that letter.  I have since taken the trouble to 
> individually telephone some of those that failed to act.
> 
> To a man the response was (to paraphrase) "We get so much 
> junk mail about domain names, mostly looking like renewal 
> invoices or notices, that we just bin them all now.  Why - 
> was your letter important or something?"
> 
> Those junk domain name mailouts obviously have long term 
> ramifications on any attempts that auDA or individual 
> providers may undertake to try and educate registrants.  It's 
> getting harder all the time to protect registrants from their 
> own ignorance.
> 
> Ron Stark
> Snapsite Pty Ltd
> mail: ronstark§snapsite.com.au
> Web: www.snapsite.com.au
> 
> 
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