I generally use WHOIS, as if I the record does not exist there the domain
can be registered....Mind you this is my method and may not be the
best...Any others??
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Jim McAtee wrote:
> I have a client who allowed a particular domain name, registered with NSI,
> to expire. The reasons for this are that they acquired the domain along
> with the purchase of a product that they distribute, but were unable to
> successfully transfer ownership because of the usual cluelessness of NSI.
>
> It appears that the domain is available once again to be registered by
> anybody. When I do a check via the OpenSRS client, I'm told it is
> available. Before I go back to the client and ask if they'd like to
> register it, I'd like to know for certain that the domain _is_ actually
> available. I thought NSI was notorious for holding the domain indefinitely.
> The domain registration expired about 60 days ago. If I register it via
> OpenSRS, is there any chance the registration could fail?
>
> Jim
>
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