Re: [At-Large] A million domains taken down by email checks

To clarify the issue a little, registrars know which of their customer domains have bad e-mail addresses since they send the verification notices. If they wanted, they could try to contact those customers in other ways and tell them that they need to update their e-mail address. They could send paper mail to the WHOIS address, or call the phone number, or for the large fraction paid by credit card, send mail to the address provided with the credit card. They don't want to do any of those things because it would cost money. Like all arguments at ICANN that appear to be about principle, when you dig down a little, it's just about the money. Regards, John Levine, john.levine@cauce.org CAUCE North America