On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 09:37:31PM +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> I still think the best solution to give us resellers the ability to
> completely go with our own scripts/layout/etc. would be to provide a
> mail robot. A mail robot is like an API because you specifically
> need to play within a given template structure but it's MUCH easier
> to program for because the only task is to "compose" an email
> containing the correct data. No hassle of talking with another
> server, sessions etc.
One big downside to the email approach is that it's asynchronous. I
think that if someone comes to register a domain they'd much prefer to
be told "yes, you've got that domain" rather than "maybe you've got
that domain - we'll get back to you".
If you're offering .co.uk domains you've already got some
asynchronicity to deal with, however I think that synchronous systems
should be used wherever possible.
Mark.
