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In article <jcwyss.4.000972CE@csti.com>, Jerry C Wyss <jcwyss@csti.com> wrote:
>I have had my own domain name (CSTI.COM) registered through Colorado Supernet 
>(CSN.NET) for almost two years.  In October 94, e-mail sent to me using my 
>domain started to bounce -- I only found out because some one gave me a call.  
>Apparently, in October, without my permission or knowledge, some cancelled my 
>domain name and then re-registered it with a company in Virginia 
>(Communications Systems Technology Inc)!  I have been working with the staff 
>at CSN to try and figure out what happened and to have it fixed, but so far 
>have had no success.   After repeated phone and e-mail messages back and 
>forth, I have been told the following by the CSN staff:
>   When the CSN staff talked to the internic registration people, the internic 
>people claimed that csn had given up the domain, allowing it to be registered 
>to the Virginia company.  The CSN staff deny giving up the domain and have 
>requested documentation or proof from the internic people showing the 
>abandonment of my domain name.   That was about a week ago.  I have not heard 
>back from the CSN people since that time despite repeated e-mail to them.
>  The CSN staff have seemed baffled by all of this.  I am extemely frustrated. 

This isn't the first time that this has happened.

> For two months my e-mail domain address has been dead.  Although I have tried 
>to contact people with an alternative address (jcwyss@csn.net) it is had to 
>contact people who have tried to send you mail to have it bounce!

You might have to send out new addresses to all your previous contacts.
(yuck)

>My question to the internet community:
>    1) How safe is your domain name going to be?   If you are a small company, 
>like myself, trying to establish internet connectivity with potential 
>customers,  what can you do when you domain name gets yanked away and given to 
>another company?  


It *should* be perfectly safe. INTERNIC is responsible for dolling out the
addresses. If CSN screwed up and told them that the address was now open,
you have a legitimate beef with CSN. You should find out their liability.

I've prersonally had good relations with CSN but I do know that they get
frightfully busy sometimes. I've heard they're changing from non-profit to 
for-profit, so this may affect things. (this is only hear-say)


>    2) Has this been happening to other companies or people?

Yep. Prologic.com. Was registered to a bank in BC *and* to a company out in 
VA.

>My temporary e-mail address is jcwyss@csn.net.  If you have any thoughts 
>please post or mail.


I'd contact help@uunet.uu.net, cc-ing to your csn contact, and INTERNIC
-- 
David Knapp                                   University of Colorado, Boulder 
Physics graduate, sys admin,                      knapp@spot.colorado.edu
generally a nice guy.               "Invisible cows currently control my life."