In article <1dee7e78.0311191835.2a0a944e@posting.google.com>,
Greg Quintana wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to renew my own domain name, which is listed as having
>already expired a few weeks ago. However, if I try to register it anew
>(i.e., just buying it normally without renewing it), it says it's
>still being held by someone (by me, actually). Apparently, there is
>some sort of grace period or lag period between the listed expiration
>date and the time when your domain name is actually released to be
>sold to the public. Does anyone know how long this lag period is?
>
>I would just go ahead and renew it, except that it's registered under
>my old e-mail address, which I no longer have. So I either have to
>jump through some hoops to convince Network Solutions that I'm still
>me, even though my e-mail address has changed, or else I have to wait
>for the domain name to actually expire and then register it anew, in
>which case I would want to know when it would actually be released to
>be sold to the public.
>
>Thank you for any help you can give me.
>Greg

I suggest that you start jumping through hoops. There is no
guarantee that you will get the domain back otherwise.

Renew the domain asap. And then call NSI to change your email address.
They will likely require you to fax and/or mail back various forms.

With that said, you *may* already have an online account ID and
password for the domain (NSI would have mailed you the password via
regular post)...if you do and can find the letter they sent you, then
you should be able to update the email yourself, quick and easily.

Ron

In article <1dee7e78.0311191835.2a0a944e@posting.google.com>,
gquintana5@yahoo.com says...
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to renew my own domain name, which is listed as having
>already expired a few weeks ago. However, if I try to register it anew
>(i.e., just buying it normally without renewing it), it says it's
>still being held by someone (by me, actually). Apparently, there is
>some sort of grace period or lag period between the listed expiration
>date and the time when your domain name is actually released to be
>sold to the public. Does anyone know how long this lag period is?
>
>I would just go ahead and renew it, except that it's registered under
>my old e-mail address, which I no longer have. So I either have to
>jump through some hoops to convince Network Solutions that I'm still
>me, even though my e-mail address has changed, or else I have to wait
>for the domain name to actually expire and then register it anew, in
>which case I would want to know when it would actually be released to
>be sold to the public.
>
>Thank you for any help you can give me.
>Greg

Ron Bennett (bennett@wyomissing.com) wrote:
: Renew the domain asap. And then call NSI to change your email address.
: They will likely require you to fax and/or mail back various forms.

Also keep in mind if it's NSI and already expired, they are going to charge
like a $150 recovery fee besides the renewal costs.

That error the guy is seeing when he tries to renew it is misleading, it
should say "We are holding your domain ransom" instead.

-bruce
bje@ripco.com

In article , bje@ripco.com says...
>
>Ron Bennett (bennett@wyomissing.com) wrote:
>: Renew the domain asap. And then call NSI to change your email address.
>: They will likely require you to fax and/or mail back various forms.
>
>Also keep in mind if it's NSI and already expired, they are going to
charge
>like a $150 recovery fee besides the renewal costs.
>
>That error the guy is seeing when he tries to renew it is misleading, it
>should say "We are holding your domain ransom" instead.

Perhaps I'm misreading his post, but it appears from what he wrote, that he
had originally chosen not to renew it, thinking he could just re-register
later...and then realizing that doesn't work, he is now trying to login to
renew it...there's where he's going wrong...

One doesn't have to login to renew a domain name at NSI. I've renewed
domains on behalf of others in the past year...so unless NSI very recently
changed their renewal procedure, one should still be able to renew a domain
there without logging in at all.

I doubt NSI would put the domain into the redemption period so
fast...redemption is a pain for everyone concerned - it's easier for NSI
and other registrars to simply allow the person to renew (and perhaps
persuade them to renew for multiple years), then going through redemption.

Ron