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[William <william@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

The problem was between a recent ICANN policy change regarding 
Gmail\Hotmail type email address - I registered with a gmail address. 
Until recently, registrars were not allowed to send verification emails 
to most web mail servers. That ICANN policy recent changed, and 
registrars are struggling to update their systems to allow it. If you 
previously registered a domain name from something like gmail, the 
registrar was violating rules.

The problem I have with this is that the provider did not simply say so 
in the first place. They kept having it resent and kept telling me to 
wait since technically it was supposed to work. If they had told me in 
the first place I would have given them the email address of my ISP. I 
pasted my last exchange with their support below and gave them my ISP 
address through my broadband company. If they had told me this in the 
first place, downtime would have been hours instead of day.

> The issue here is purely with the registrars ability to send email to 
> Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail etc.
> With the drop of this ICANN policy, it's required a flood of email to 
> leave registrars mail servers which has caused deliver-ability issues.
> Some registrars have been affected more than others.
> If you can use another email address in the meantime, this would at 
> least get you by this initial problem.
> As Jeremy stated, this is not an isolated incident and using an 
> alternate address is what we've suggested in the meantime.
> Once the registrars get things cleaned up on their end this issue with 
> the popular mail networks should subside.


Anyway, my back is worse, and I am sicker with and upper respiratory 
problem. We got another foot of snow last night, and for reasons of 
physics (just ask what I mean by that) I had no choice but to shovel 
ten-tons of it again this morning. I Oh how I hate snow. I haven't gone 
over the mailing list to avoid getting engaged. It's hot tea and back to 
bed for me. No more snow in the forecast. I should be back in action 
tomorrow.

William