BTW - the "Let Expire" flag is one of the few API enhancements that are being prioritzed and, eventually, added (more to come)
Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Stuart Clark wrote: > Charles Daminato wrote: > > > If you get some feedback offlist, I'd love to hear about it... to more we > > know about how others are utilizing our API (to its "fullest", if you > > will) the better visibility we have on how changes may impact our clients > > (and what components we're more inclined to add). > > > > If you find you get less of a response on dev-list (from a technical point > > of view), you may wish to try a posting to discuss-list and get a > > different perspective (policies on keeping your clients happy, and using > > your interface, etc) > > > > We cache all contact & domain data locally. > > In doing so we have implemented a handle system so onc can change their > Email address in one place and have it propagate over all domains which > use it. Especially useful when the contact 'owner' is different from the > 'owner' of a domain > > We also use it to integrate with other registries other that OpenSRS so > the interface to the user and front end systems is independant of back > end registrar (either OpenSRS or other). > > Biggest prblem I have had so far is the 'let expire flag' you can modify > in the rwi. We generate our own renewal emails for clients and have a > tick box in the web interface to say 'dont want to renew'. This then > deactivates our renewal email generation for that domain. As the opensrs > flag is not accessible via api (last I checked - tell me if it is) an > Email is generated every time the flag changes (either on or off) and I > have to manually alter the flag in the rwi - quite a pain. > > -- > Stuart Clark > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.Jahingo.com/ > >
