I just read a message to some other list (tucows registrar resellers) that says that NetSol (the registrar) will also delete IDN names as of February 28, 2004. (I guess they missed out on the extra day February has this year.) It seems this is about .com and .net names. One has to transfer them to another registrar, they say, or they die. Welcome to Oklahoma. I am now very mad. It is time ICANN acts up or it will lose goodwill altogether. Can individual registrars do this? ICANN accredited? Does that mean anything? You can read the message I refer to below. I am not sure it is proper to attach it, but I see no other way to give you the information. The archives require a password, I think. Marc Schneiders --- NCUC council member --- Another one concerning Multilingual Domains. "On February 28, 2004, Network Solutions, LLC will no longer offer or support Multilingual Domain Name registrations (MDNs). A list of your domain name registration(s) affected by this change is provided below. In order to keep your .COM and .NET MDNs registered to you, you must transfer them to another provider before February 28, 2004. If these MDNs are not transferred, they will be deleted from our database which will make them available for registration by anyone. Your MDNs will continue to be listed in your Network Solutions(R) account until you complete the transfer process or until we delete them on February 28, 2004. You do not need to renew your MDNs in order to process your transfer. Please be assured that these changes only apply to Multilingual Domain Names. Network Solutions will continue to support your other domain name registrations and services. If you have any questions, please contact Customer Support at mailto:customerservice@networksolutions.com. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Sincerely, Network Solutions(R) Customer Support Multilingual Domain Names with Network Solutions as of December 30, 2003: BQ--....COM ___________________________________________________________________ Please do not respond to this message. For inquiries, contact Customer Service at mailto:customerservice@networksolutions.com. (C) Copyright 2004 Network Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved." The Domain is still listed in race code in the nestol control panel but does not appear anymore in whois in race code. The whois output directly from netsol for the domain name in puny code looks like that (no owner info): Domain Name: XN--....COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS1.TOTALCHOICEHOSTING.COM Name Server: NS2.TOTALCHOICEHOSTING.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 14-dec-2003 Creation Date: ..-aug-2003 Expiration Date: ..-aug-2005