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Yes, but the point the OP is making is that it is a worthless guarantee. You can just use a throw-away email. And given the target audience, this is should not
by Coding_Cat 11y ago
Yes, but the point the OP is making is that it is a worthless guarantee. You can just use a throw-away email. And given the target audience, this is should not even be considered a significant barrier.
- corin_ 11y agoI presume it's attempting (badly) to deal with website owners who aren't contactable by mistake, not those who actively wish to be uncontactable.
- lisper 11y agoDisabling their domains seems like a pretty heavy-handed way of dealing with owners who can't be contacted due to an honest mistake. I mean, geez, a false positive from a spam filter can cause you to lose your domain!
- puredemo 11y agoDomains are suspended, not deleted from the registry.
- talideon 11y agoWell, blame the law-enforcement agencies: they're the ones that forced ICANN's hand on this. The registrars, particularly the European ones, fought back, and the policy is nowhere near as bad as it once was going to be. However, even before now, you could easily lose your domain due to a missed email. For instance, if you don't have your domain on autorenew, it can end up in redemption (which is expensive), and eventually deleted. And, as of the 2013 RAA, if you don't renew your domain, your registrar is required to park the domain with a non-renewal notice a few days after its expiration date. Fun, eh?
- talideon 11y agoA throwaway email address would be a bad idea, as you periodically have to confirm the address works.
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