As you said, it's something that you can get past.... The original question I took to be more along the lines of "how do I know who will get the transfer E-Mail."
.. and I've asked OpenSRS how they get it, and the answer was: we parse the WHOIS response. Sadly, there is nothing in RRP to make this easier. -- Lynn On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:35:29 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I've sucessfully written a Whois Parser which I maintain >to this day .... Thanks to all the idiot spammers who mine >Whois for email addresses I have found the following, > >1) To make Whois Parsing very difficult Several registrars >dynamically change, > >a) the Whois field prefixes >b) the order that Whois sections appear (tech first one >time then reg the next time) >c) the actual formating of a fields contents (!) > >2) Several registrars will temporarily block your IP after >just a very few Whois accesses. > >So, from experiance, I can say writing a Whois parser >these days is *VERY* difficult! > > > > >On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:24:14 -0800 >�"Lynn W. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>�wrote: >>OpenSRS gets this info by parsing the current WHOIS >>database. >> >>On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:08:16 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>wrote: >>>It would also be nice to see it in the RWI. I have been >>>trying to get a >>>transfer processed for weeks. Domain owners don't always >>>know who >>>controls their domain or what email address they used >>>when buying the >>>domain. Prime example is trying to get email to an AOL >>>account that you >>>don't have anymore<sic> >>> >>>If I know where the email is being sent I can >>>troubleshoot problems >>>easier. I don't want to know where it is supposed to be >>>sent but where >>>OSRS actually sent it. >>> >>>John W Roche >>>eInfosystems.net >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Doytchin Spiridonov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:17 PM >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Subject: Re[2]: Then another one >>> >>>Hello Frank, >>> >>>--- >>>Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 4:47:33 PM, you wrote: >>> >>>F>�Hi Doytchin, >>> >>>F>�Thank you for your suggestion. >>> >>>F>�I would just like to use this opportunity to point out >>>that there's >>>an optional >>>F>�email to the order admin-contact that actually >>>contains the email >>>address that >>>F>�the request message was sent to ('please check your >>>email at this >>>address'). >>> >>>Excuse me but I don't understand that? Where there is an >>>optional >>>email address which is the email address of the recipient >>>from WHOIS? >>> >>>And yes - if someone checks the status of a transfer and >>>the e-mail >>>was sent, it would be helpful for him to know where it >>>was sent. >>> >>>Best regards, >>>Doytchin Spiridonov �������mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>http://www.WebYou.com �Web Design and Development >>> >>> >>>F>�I guess you would like to display it together with the >>>order >>>confirmation? Good >>>F>�idea, I'll log it as an enhancement request. >>> >>>F>�Best regards, >>>F>�/Frank >>> >>>F>�-----Original Message----- >>>F>�From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >>>F>�Behalf Of Doytchin Spiridonov >>>F>�Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 09:32 >>>F>�To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>F>�Subject: Then another one >>> >>> >>>F>�If this is the place to send requests to be added to >>>the list :) it >>>F>�would be very helpful if the API command for transfer >>>status returned >>>F>�the admin e-mail retrieved from the WHOIS where the >>>confirmation is >>>F>�sent. >>> >>>F>�Best regards, >>>F>�Doytchin Spiridonov �������mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>F>�http://www.WebYou.com �Web Design and Development >>> >> >>
