-----Original Message-----
From: mike.norris@heanet.ie [mailto:mike.norris@heanet.ie]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 3:21 PM
To: 'RIPE Database Administration'; db-wg@ripe.net; lir-wg@ripe.net
Subject: RE: Deletion of German domains



>   According to the agreement between RIPE NCC and DENIC we plan

Has this agreement been published?

> to delete German (.de) domain objects from RIPE whois database
> on June 28th. From then on, information about German domains will
> be available from DENIC's whois server, whois.nic.de.

While speed and efficiency are to be commended, this is rather short
notice, isn't it?  From the mail on 8th June, I understood that DENIC
would need between one and two months after moving the domain objects
before the associated person objects could be moved.

Regards.

Mike