We're experiencing the same sort of problems over here.
I'll be happy when either
a) December 1st comes and goes, and all this CIRA pre-registration for
existing domains is officially over
OR
b) CIRA gets abolished and replaced with something competent.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of W Christopher Martin
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 9:01 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: .ca whois not live!
>
>
> A .ca pre-registration done this morning somehow pulled old whois
> information from somewhere. The admin email address had been
> changed over a week ago, but OpenSRS somehow used the old one.
> Checking whois.cdnnet.ca shows the correct (new) address.
>
> On Tuesday, something even weirder happened. Three .ca domain
> pre-registration orders were submitted. The correct whois info
> was extracted at that time (I have the emails from OpenSRS
> showing the correct data from the order). However, now these
> orders are in our "Orders In Progress" queue, but they all have
> old contact emails. Attempts to complete those orders fails
> because they do not match what is in whois.cdnnet.ca.
>
> This second problem was been reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> within hours of its occurrence on Tuesday, but no response
> has been received so far. Once I do receive a response, I'll
> let them know about the latest problem (which is much easier
> to deal with if you notice it when submitting the order).
>
> Be careful out there.
>
> W.C. Martin
> Catnap Consultants
>
