Yes....a good point. We should build in something where you can customize affiliate/reseller info for the WHOIS....we've had that suggestion internally as well.
Best option would probably be to turn it off for now. Chuck has entertained a number of suggestions about this feature; Scott/Chuck and I will be discussing what we should do next week... Thanks, Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy Anthony > Kinsey > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:15 PM > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Sponsoring Reseller messages in the Whois > > > Hello, I got a complaint from one of our "resellers"... As you know we > are a reseller ourselves, but have modified the OpenSRS system on our > servers to allow resellers of our "reseller" system to "resell".. You get > the picture.. > > Anyway, the complain from one of our resellers deals with the "Sponsoring > Reseller" info in the whois. Here is the message: > > <SNIP> > > Jeremy: > > I have just discovered today that you are inserting > advertising to all whois records such as this: > > "Sponsoring Reseller; for Technical Support > with respect to this domain contact: > Bella Mia dba Maria's Internet Access, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 262 248 6759" > > > I'll be honest about it, I do not like it. As matter of fact > I would like to ask you to remove it from my registrations (BMIA070901R7) > if that is possible at all. > > If not, I can certainly look for an other source to register names. > > Thank You. > > </SNIP> > > In any event, can this message be modified? Does it have to be there? > Is this an ICANN mandated thing? > > Just curious.. I would hate to think I would loose a reseller for > something this silly, but... > Thanx, > > Regards, > Jeremy Anthony Kinsey > VP Network Operations Colocate Your Server at hostdrive.com > > _______________________________________________________________________ > www.bella-mia.com Maria's Internet Access > www.mia.net > www.dslone.com > Bella Mia, Inc. > 401 Host Drive e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lake Geneva, WI. 53147 Phone: (262)248-6759 Fax: (262)248-6959 > USA > ________________________________________________________________________ > National Internet Access, DSL and Colocation 2375+ numbers and growing! > http://www.hostdrive.com > >
