] 2. Verisign has been sniffing glue.

Clearly!

] Sure enough, within a few days three readers who had
] received the message on Oct. 1 reported that they had
] gotten a second e-mail from Network Solutions
] acknowledging it was a mistake. "We have determined that
] some of these e-mails were inadvertently sent to former
] customers of Network Solutions," the message read.
] "Please disregard that e-mail and accept our apologies
] for any inconvenience this may have caused."

I memed this at the beginning of the month. It was an error, apparently.

Verisign's latest renewal emails were a mistake. ( RE: Verisign back in the fraud?! )

Decius wrote:
] ] Yet another Network Solutions/Verisign deception plot at
] ] work. My company has a number of names (unfortunately)
] ] registered with Verisign. So we moved one of them about
] ] gosh, the beginning of August.
] ]
] ] So guess what we get in the email this morning? A dunning
] notice
] ] for *not paying* for our domain registration. And an offer
] to reclaim
] ] the domin before "it becomes available to the general
] public".
]
] These guys were sanctioned for this days ago! Four options:
]
] 1. Verisign has decided that they are beyond reproach.
] 2. Verisign has been sniffing glue.
] 3. Someone is framing Verisign.
] 4. My computer is controlled by trolls from the underworld.

I choose 5: all of the above:) - Nano