A new Expired Registration Recovery Policy (ERRP) mandated by ICANN introduces consistency into expiration messaging and recovery for generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) registrations across all ICANN-accredited registrars.
The following changes came into effect as a result of the new ERRP :
ICANN has mandated that all registrars, provide email reminders to registrants 30 days prior to expiry. Full details about the Expired Registration Recovery Policy (ERRP) can be found here : http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/consensus-policies/errp
No. ICANN requires that the emails be sent as a condition of our accreditation and we are subject to a compliance audit to ensure the emails were sent as required. Allowing resellers to opt-out is not possible as we can't fully ensure the compliance with the policy unless we are fully in control of the sending of the emails.