RE: [NTISP] Command line WHOIS

Richard Fink ( rfink@worldpassage.net )
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:58:58 -0800

How do you intend to protect the yourself and the Internic from absolutely bogus registrations that you will act as the willing messanger for, sending sight unseen registrations to the Internic ?

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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