The purpose of the flags is to a) allow renewals, and b) allow messages that a domain is coming up for renewal.
I'll see if we can add a "allow_auto_renewal" in manage The best thing to do is just find auto_renew in the manage code as an XML command and comment it out, then remove the flags from the HTML templates (fastest). Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Chuck Hatcher > Sent: March 7, 2002 11:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Manage.cgi - turning off auto-renew, and documentation > > > I am in the process of upgrading my production manage.cgi to > allow renewals > (previously I have required customers to use renew.cgi). I do not want to > implement auto-renew. > > The latest OpenSRS Perl Client Manual (for 2.51) does not explain the > OpenSRS.conf options "allow_renewals" or "allow_auto_renewal_message" for > manage.cgi . I have noticed that setting > "allow_auto_renewal_message" to 0 > does not disable auto-renew from manage.cgi. The auto-renew code seems to > be dispersed throughout manage.cgi and will take a little work to > eradicate. > Before I do that, I want to make sure I haven't missed something. > > What is the intention behind the auto-renew implementation, and > the purpose > of the manage.cgi flags included in OpenSRS.conf? Is there a way to turn > this feature off without a lot of code modification? There must > be a lot of > RSP's like myself who do not want to allow auto-renewals due to the > potential billing nightmare. > > I'd appreciate any helpful tips or suggestions. > > >
