Its entirely automated.
And using WHOIS seems to be the only ( somewhat ) efficient way to get
transfers done, unless you want the NSI and register.com style faxes..
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-erol M.
When madness reigned! When paradise drowned!
What happened when Babel's walls came crashing down?
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Jeff K.V. Bhavnanie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How does OpenSRS authenticate domains coming into SRS from other
> registrars? is it automated or is some (Human) there checking
> each domain and getting the admin email ?
>
> I say this because, i've tried to transfer a domain into SRS from
> other registrar, and if their whois is down, there is no way for
> SRS to check and send a ACK request to the admin of that domain.
> It fails all the time.
>
> Isn't there any other way to get that email address of the admin?
>
> Relying on whois doesn't seem to be a good idea.
>
> Jeff.
>
