are you using registration software which incorporates whois facilities?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Hooper" <dave&#167;davehooper.net>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 4:45 PM
Subject: RE: [DNS] WHOIS lookups


>
> > It doesn't really answer the question :) Shouldn't resellers
> > be provided with these kind of services by their registrars?
> >
> > kim
>
> I don't care who provides it, but someone should, and fast. I have
> clients screaming at me - they can't understand (and nor should they
> have to) why a service which used to be available to them is no longer
> available.
>
> In my opinion the whole thing is a farce. Where else in any other
> industry is it made so hard to determine a products availablilty? All I
> want is to tell my clients whether a domain is a) available or b) not
> available. At this point in time I cannot do either. I am not asking for
> unchecked access to the database, simply a mechanism to determine
> whether the client should place their order or think up some other name.
>
> Maybe it's just me, but I'm at a loss to work out why it's all so bloody
> hard all of a sudden.
>
> Dave.
>
>
>
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