Hello,
I do not see a problem with offering both options (web based and email based
registrations). Or in other words why does it have to be one or the other?
That way it can work for both types of clients. I like both approaches
depending on the situation.
David
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Sheppard
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 5:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Wish List
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 09:37:31PM +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> > I still think the best solution to give us resellers the ability to
> > completely go with our own scripts/layout/etc. would be to provide a
> > mail robot. A mail robot is like an API because you specifically
> > need to play within a given template structure but it's MUCH easier
> > to program for because the only task is to "compose" an email
> > containing the correct data. No hassle of talking with another
> > server, sessions etc.
>
> One big downside to the email approach is that it's asynchronous. I
> think that if someone comes to register a domain they'd much prefer to
> be told "yes, you've got that domain" rather than "maybe you've got
> that domain - we'll get back to you".
>
> If you're offering .co.uk domains you've already got some
> asynchronicity to deal with, however I think that synchronous systems
> should be used wherever possible.
>
> Mark.
>
