Dears, I got some feedback from people failing to successfully run the URIWhois plugin.
It seems to me these are installation issues, so I just prepared version 0.02 of this plugin, which basically borrows an INSTALL.txt file in which I attempt to explain how to correctly install the plugin. Also, the sample URIWhois.cf shows an example of the "uri_whois_cache_path" setting, which is meant to define where you want to put the cache database. Please note that Jeff Chan is basically right in his reply (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): the issue covered by the URIWhois plugin would be much more efficiently solved by a centralized solution, in which "someone" gathers registration data from registars (maybe even not through whois, but through direct db access) and then publics this data by some network-savvy protocol (like DNS, in example). This is, however, something I see very far from being concretized: there is a gTLD in every and each nation and the "central solver" would need to gather consensus from all of them in order to obtain access to their DBs. In the meantime, why not use a do-it-yourself way? Please note, however, that this plugin is meant to help people with low mail exchanges. High volumes may result in the counter-effects Jeff points out. So, actually large providers better stay, well, at large from URIWhois? Regards, Giampaolo
