hi,
that's what I thought was happening. So I suppose an expired domain follows
the same path.
dropped from the whois, then the zone, then the world.
yes, that makes sense.
Thanks Ross
Robert
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> In order it will show up in our whois, the root zone and then the rest of
> world whois...
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> On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Robert Chalmers wrote:
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> > Looking at a newly registered domain name, where will it appear first?
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> > in the A-ROOT zone file, or in the whois database? or the other way
around.
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> > conversley, when a domain is expired, where will it drop from first. The
> > A-ROOT zone file, or the whois server.
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> > This could explain why sometimes when one tries to register a domain,
the
> > whois server says it ok, but when you try to reserve it, back comes a
> > message saying its taken?
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> > Are there any experts with an answer to this?
> >
> > cheers
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > "Life is a Cabernet..."
> >
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> Thanks,
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> -rwr
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> Ross Wm. Rader
> Director Product Management,
> Channel Platform Group
> Tucows Inc.
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