Dear all, I have begun to notice some pretty outrageous Whois formats. Some of these formats may become a barrier to implementation of this policy. The latest one that I've seen displays each contact on a single line. For U.S. addresses, there is no space between the City and State. In addition, the E-mail address line looks like this: E@mail, admin@example.com The extra @ sign appears to exist solely to confuse automated parsers. If we are going to truly have 350 ICANN-accredited Registrars, we need to have some consistency or better means of acquiring the e-mail address(es) necessary to implement this policy. Regards, Mike Lampson The Registry at Info Avenue -----Original Message----- From: owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org]On Behalf Of Ross Wm Rader Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 6:54 AM To: registrars@dnso.org Subject: [registrars] [Fwd: [announce] Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Information] FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [announce] Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Information Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 06:49:18 +0200 From: gnso.icann <gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> To: 'announce' <announce@gnso.icann.org> [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org] ICANN Announces the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-12jul04.htm Advisory Inter-Registrar Transfers: Implementation Requirements ICANN announces implementation of new policy rules for transfer of domain names between registrars 12 July 2004 The new transfer policy will provide for a smooth transition of a domain name from one registrar to another when such a change is requested by the domain name holder. The policy will be in effect by 12 November, 2004. GNSO Secretariat -- Regards, -rwr "In the modern world the intelligence of public opinion is the one indispensable condition for social progress." - Charles W. Eliot (1834 - 1926)