-Ric
At 04:58 PM 11/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm NOT doing what you think I am.... I'm simply monitoring *one* known
>domain that a customer KNOWS is on hold this moment, and am ready to
>register that one domain the moment it "frees up". No bogus registrations
>will emanate from *me*, since I will have to set up my script to actively
>monitor the domain in question. (Yes, I did get it working, and if all
>goes well, that domain will get registered as soon as it goes off hold and
>becomes available again, all automatically, while I sleep). End users
>will NOT be able to set this up without my assistance.
>
>At 09:58 PM 11/24/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>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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