On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Discount Domain Name Services wrote:

 > Will you get off your soap box Ian..

Ooo, touchy, Rod.

Noone's accusing you of anything; not me anyway.  I'd have thought you'd
have had some interest in stamping out dodgy practices in the industry. 

Cheers, Ian
 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Ian Smith [mailto:smithi§nimnet.asn.au]
 > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:28 AM
 > To: Sandra Caballero
 > Cc: dns§lists.auda.org.au
 > Subject: Re: [DNS] Once again, Apologies
 > 
 > 
 > On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Sandra Caballero wrote:
 > 
 >  > Unfortunately, I acted too quickly when my client notified me of a 
 >  > phone call and fax that he received regarding the transfer of his 
 >  > domain name, ...  that which neither of us initiated.
 > 
 > If anyone is transferring domains without the explicit consent of the
 > domain's registrant, then clear breaches of policy would appear to be
 > occurring, and AuDA ought to be very interested.  Similarly, if anyone
 > is indeed withholding domain passwords from registrants, or anything
 > else denying registrants' rights to choose their own domain's registrar. 
 > 
 >  > Straight away, I posted on this List asking questions, hoping for some 
 >  > guidance.  I do admit I was far too naive in naming those involved .... 
 >  > I should have first checked with all parties.
 > 
 > Do you feel that what you described represents an isolated 'mistake'? 
 > 
 >  > Basically, I just  like helping small businesses get a Web presence if 
 >  > they feel they need one. I am not an expert in other areas, but try to 
 >  > do my best re my clients, who often have less time and know even less 
 >  > than I do re other areas of IT.
 > 
 > Others appear to prefer that domain registrants were kept in the dark. 
 > 
 > Cheers, Ian
 > 
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