Evan, one point. It is unclear to me whether the issue is 100% invalid addresses, or as some people have implied, valid addresses where the registrant has not replied in 15 days. The two situations are substantively different, and we need to get a handle on which is the cause of these suspensions, or if mixed, what percentage. If someone on this list *knows* definitively what the answer is, it would be much appreciated.
As the sub-registrar of one of those 800,000 domains, I can report that the confirmation mail has a link you have to click to confirm that you got it. It is not a big deal. If you don't click on the link in the original message, they send multiple reminders. I strongly endorse everything that Evan said, and also reiterate that this is basically about money: registrars not wanting to spend anything to comply with the RAA that they and the registrants agreed to. Regards, John Levine, john.levine@cauce.org CAUCE North America