Fwd: OpenSRS API Question

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Yes, I too have had some difficulties with enom but they have been mild compared to others .... NSI being the most difficicult and manipulative of the dozens of registrars I've dealt with.

When I say Tucows provides awesome support I'm talking from the experiance of dealing with 40+ registrars ...

But there API leaves much to be desired, and I've no intention of leaving the domain in enom for long. As I get around to it I'll manually transfer them to Tucows. I'm hoping that I'll have the Tucows API running soon so I'll no longer need to use enom.


But I'll say it again, the enom API only took ahlf an hoor to implement. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that nobodies ever done and OpenSRS implementation that fast ...... I don't expect 30 minutes but *I DO EXPECT* and API that I can implement in less than 4 hours or 1/2 days works .... Hint hint ...


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Hopefully this addresses all your other comments:

Windows 98 FE = Windows 98 First Edition

I do have production Windows 2000 running but there is NFW I'm tearing them up for this.

I've been emailing so many people today that I'm not sure how I've told what so forgive me if I'm repeating myself --

I setup an enom reseller account today and in less than 30 minutes I had a complete registration system setup! So I'll use that, and manually trasfer the names to my Tucows account, until I can get the Tucows API running.

I humbly suggest todays enom implementation experiance *CLEARLY* examplifies that Tucows needs to work on their API ... Big Time! 8-o

Charles



On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:57:02 -0800 (PST)
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Ok, I'll fess up,

Aha!   ;)

1) I already downloaded Active Perl
2) I installed Active Perl
3) I'm running Windows 98 FE

windows FE? What's that? Do you mean ME (i.e. the worst version of
windows ever released)? ;) (not my opinion but that of the staff at
lockergnome.com)

4) Active Perl no-workee without IIS, thus

Sure it does. I don't have IIS on my windows box and can run activeperl
and perl scripts just fine. (see below for more)

5) OpenSRS default client no workee since Active Perl
no-workee. This of course assumes I even know how to
install the default client -- The Default Client
installation docs made my eyes glaze over with all the 3rd
party stuff I need to install before the default client
can be expected to work .....

The opensrs perl scripts can run without a web server, however yes they
are designed to interact with one and probably need tweaking to get what
you want. You don't necessarily need to use IIS, I prefer Apache for
Windows.

Some folks who have taken the windows route with opensrs have documented
the process at http://www.atlcon.net/opensrs/nt-howto.htm Not sure if it
will be useful to you...

I've been programming micro compunters since I purchased a
TRS-80 back in 1976. I'm gone though this kind of hell too
many times to want to even remember them all. I busted my
butt trying to solve this OpenSRS issue myself. At this
point I've spent so much time that I stubbernly refused to
persue the "install x and hack y" option any further. I'm
sure you can relate.

Somebody out there must have gone through this
implementational hell that I'm going though. I just need
some luck to find them ...

Check out the thread in the archives where I found the above link:
http://www.opensrs.org/archives/discuss-list/0202/0457.html

Hope this helps somewhat... probably not, but oh well, I tried. ;)

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