on 8/18/04 4:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sounds good. Will the functions outlined in 1. be available in the gui/quickstart? thanks, J/sW > Greetings, > > Please read the following important announcements concerning Tucows > OpenSRS. > > 1. Bulk Changes Functionality Promoted to HORIZON > 2. IDN .de Enhancements Promoted to HORIZON > 3. New Wire Transfer Instructions > > 1. Bulk Changes Functionality Promoted to HORIZON > -------------------- > > Effective today, new bulk changes features for domain names are > available in the HORIZON environment. This functionality will be > promoted to the LIVE environment on 25 August 2004. > > Bulk changes allow Resellers to make a wide range of modifications to > multiple domains at once. Available modifications include: > > ** Bulk contact changes: Revisions can me made to the contact > information of multiple domains at once. > > ** Bulk nameserver changes: Resellers can make changes to the > nameserver information of a list of domains. Name servers can be > added, removed and assigned. > > ** Bulk locking/unlocking: A list of domains can be locked or unlocked > in one request. > > ** Bulk renewals via the API: Resellers can now use the API to renew > a list of domains. > > For complete details, please see the release notes located at: > https://rrc.tucows.com/releasenotes/bulkchanges > > A standalone guide detailing this new functionality is also available. > You can find this guide at: > https://rrc.tucows.com/wholesale_services/domain_names/BulkChangesGuide.pdf > > > 2. IDN .de Enhancements Promoted to HORIZON > -------------------- > > Effective today, OpenSRS enhancements to support Internationalized > Domain Names (IDNs) for .de domains has been promoted to HORIZON. > IDNs are domain names represented by local language characters. Using > this new functionality, Resellers can register 92 western characters, > including the Umlaut. > > Support for .de IDNs will be promoted to the LIVE environment on > 25 August 2004. > > .de IDNs will be made available via the punycode protocol, the same as > currently in use for .com and .net IDNs. Punycode is the standard to > which all TLDs (both cc and g) are moving. > > In order to register an IDN, use it to login to the MWI, or view its > WHOIS information, the native punycode encoding schema of the domain > name is required. Encoded addresses can be obtained by using the IDN > Conversion Tool, located at: > > http://precow.tucows.com/cgi-bin/IDN/index.cgi > > Tucows will be providing a new client code release that will allow > Resellers to update their current implementations to support these > requirements. The update will be available 25 August 2004. > > For complete details, please see the release notes located at: > https://rrc.tucows.com/releasenotes/de/index_html > > 3. New Wire Transfer Instructions > -------------------- > > Effective immediately, Tucows' new wire transfer details are as > follows: > > Beneficiary Bank: > HSBC Bank Canada, > 70 York Street > Toronto > > SWIFT: HKBCCATT > Beneficiary Name: Tucows.com Co > Beneficiary A/C No: 002-348624-070 > > More information on remitting a deposit via wire transfer can be > found in the Payments section of the RRC, located at: > > http://rrc.tucows.com/support/payments > > Thank you for your continued support of Tucows. > > Sincerely, > > Greg Frank > Associate Product Manager, TLDs
