FW: Re: Domain Registration Question

>--- Original Message ---
>From: Jeffrey Cohen <jcohen02(at)snet.net>
>To: 
>Date: 6/26/00 5:38:35 PM
>

>Hi Amy...
>If it is truly expired, then contact Network Solutions and they
will purge
>the record, and then you will be able to register it immediately.
>
>If it is NOT expired, then I've been told that you will have
to contact the
>people involved with the now defunt company and have the notarize
a release
>of the domain to you, even if they are dead. I know it sounds
silly, but
>I've run up against it in the past. Hopefully, it IS expired,
and then you
>don't have to worry about the alternative.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Jeffrey Cohen
>ImageWorks
>
>Amy Gosse wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> We're interested in buying a domain name that is currently
registered to
>> someone.  Network Solutions shows that the domain registration
expired
>> in January 1999.  We've been unable to contact anyone listed
for the
>> domain in the WHOIS listing, and we're 99.5% sure that the
company is
>> out of business.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas how we might go about purchasing
the domain?
>> On-line registration doesn't work, because it's listed as
already being
>> registered.
>>
>> TIA,
>> Amy Gosse
>> Children's Health System
>
>

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