This Seems Bogus...

[woller]

This seems fishy to me...it comes from "support@secureserver.net", though it's signed TotalChoice Hosting. (Full message text pasted below, except I've changed the "Domain Information Key" in the link.) If it isn't legit, I'll gladly forward the whole message (with headers) to the TCH folks.

 

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Important Notice Regarding your Domain(s)

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Dear Domain Administrator,

 

ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, requires all registrars to ask their domain administrators and/or registrants to annually review their domain name contact data and to make whatever changes are needed to ensure that it's accurate and current.

 

If your review indicates that all of your domain contact data is accurate, there's no need to take any action. So if any of your domain contact information is inaccurate, you must correct it.

 

Please paste this link in your Web browser address window, to review your contact data and update it if necessary.

https://www.securepaynet.net/gdshop/s.asp?g...=longdatastring

 

If your Web browser is having trouble displaying your contact data, and you are prompted for a "Domain Information Key" please enter:

longdatastring

 

If you have any questions please call our support line at (480) 624-2500.

 

To review the ICANN policy directing this review please visit http://www.icann.org/registrars/wdrp.htm

 

Thanks for your attention to this ICANN-required annual review.

 

Sincerely,

TotalChoice Hosting

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[Deverill]

What the email says is legitimate. This message is being sent all across the internet - in fact I just got one for a domain I have on godaddy.com. If your info is correct then you don't have to do anything and that's a good thing.

 

My guess is that the email was sent from the registrar that does TCH domains on behalf of TCH and therefore it was not from the TCH servers... but that is a guess.

 

There's a similar thread at http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/i...c=5250&hl=icann

[jslagle]

My guess is that the email was sent from the registrar that does TCH domains on behalf of TCH and therefore it was not from the TCH servers... but that is a guess.

 

There's a similar thread at http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/forums/i...c=5250&hl=icann

The email is from TCH's domain name partner. I use the same folks and my domain clients received the same email, just with my company's name instead of TCH.