Why is this?

[Jerry Feldman]

On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 14:47:23 -0500
"Wizard" <wizard at neonedge.com> wrote:

> I just received another (unfiltered, but I don't know why) SPAM from
> RB Express. This is a well-known spammer that has a website at
> www.rbexpress.org. Strangely, when I went to look it up using Network
> Solutions Whois service, it's available! I then tried it on GoDaddy,
> and it kept giving me 'lookup failed...' which isn't what it does
> normally for unregistered sites. Register.com says that it's
> registered, but when you click the 'whois' link, it responds with the
> verisign response of the domain being available.
> Can anyone shed some light on this?
The .org registry is being changed to PIR. I suspect the .org whois
might be a bit unstable.
On 1 January 2003, Public Interest Registry (PIR) officially assumed
responsibility as the registry operator for the .org top-level domain.

 Advisory Concerning .org Transition:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-07jan03.htm


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