I've considered what you are talking about but this seems a problem to me.
-Ric
At 10:44 AM 11/24/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 03:14 PM 11/24/98 -0000, you wrote:
>
>>There are a load of NT command line programs at www.winfiles.com -
>>Including a set with host, finger and whois.
>>
>>I advise a 50 line NT windows when doing a whois with Internic or
>>Nominet as their displays can go off the screen pretty quickly.
>
>I'm going to redirect it to a file, and then use a self-written utility to
>examine the output file to see if the domain name is no longer registered.
>If not, I will use a freeware utility like BLAT to Email the application
>directly to Internic on the spot. This way, I don't have to remember to
>look, and it gets done automatically. This would be extra-useful in
>situations like I have now, where a potential customer wants such a domain,
>and has said that they will host with us if we can score the domain for
>them. Most customers don't know that they could do it themsevles, and
>don't have time to educate themselves, so this would be an easy way to gain
>more revenue....
>
>Thanks for the pointer!
>
>>
>>M@t :o)
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jeff Woods [mailto:jwoods@delta.com]
>>Sent: 24 November 1998 15:11
>>To: ntisp@iea-software.com
>>Subject: [NTISP] Command line WHOIS
>>
>>
>>Does anyone know of a command-line WHOIS utility for Windows NT? I
>>need
>>to monitor a domain in a batch file, so that once it goes off "Hold" I
>>can
>>auto-send an Email to register it myself. Thanks!
>>
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