Just an FYI >From Jan. 10th, 2008 - NS has admitted to doing this and is billing it as a "security measure" to ensure the very same thing isn't done by others. Well, Godaddy and other registrars don't do it, and I haven't ever had a problem registering a domain that I checked even a week or so before. I wouldn't wait very long to register any domain, even more than a day or two max. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080110-network-solutions-defends-frontrunningto-stop-frontrunners.html Fred