Lew,

This is what I too had interpreted the rules to mean ... which is why I 
was reluctant to embark on making the transfer to another Registrar too 
far in advance of the expiry date.

It is also, of course, why I thought I'd post a query on this list.

I believe with  the old .au rules it stated that you did not loose any 
time from your original expiry date but most instances you did incur a 
transfer fee. With the new rules ... I understood it to mean that "no 
matter when you transferred" you'd incurred a new 2 yr period.

Interesting how we all interpret things, huh?

Regards, Sandra


On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 08:09 , Lew Cody wrote:

> I recently transferred a domain to enetica within 2 weeks of expiry but 
> the
> renewal date changed to the date of transfer.. so I lost about 9 
> days ... no
> big deal but not right just the same. I never chased it up as I thought 
> that
> was what happens...
>
> -Lew
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Tonkin [mailto:Bruce.Tonkin§melbourneit.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 13 February 2003 8:39 AM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Cc: francis§intaserve.com
> Subject: RE: [DNS] Transfer / Renewal
>
>
>
> Hello Sandra,
>
>>
>> However, you are saying a .au domain can be transferred to a
>> different
>> Registrar any time within the last 3 months before expiry,
>> and your 2 yr
>> renewal expiry date stands.
>
> That is correct.  A domain name can only be renewed within 90 days of 
> the
> expiry date.
> A domain name supplier may not send a renewal notice prior to that 
> period.
> This was introduced to stop deceptive marketing.
>
> A transfer within this period has the same effect as a renewal.
>
> Outside of the renewal period, a domain name may be transferred but is
> seldom necessary.
>
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>
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