It is interesting to note that the note they show comes from our own whois
Charles Daminato OpenSRS Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 24, 2002 1:23 PM > To: David Delbridge > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 3rd-Party Whois Issue > > > > Can anybody explain to me why the Allwhois service > > (http://www.allwhois.com) returns the following message for all of our > > OpenSRS-registered domains? > > I would suggest you ask Allwhois the question as most of us have no idea > how their service works. > > A quick glance shows that Allwhois is the whois service od a registrar > named Alldomains.com. This probably explains why they don't list OpenSRS > domains. OpenSRS domains are not registered through > Alldomains.com. OpenSRS is a different competing registrar of Alldomains. > > > "NOTE: THE WHOIS DATABASE IS A CONTACT DATABASE ONLY. LACK OF A DOMAIN > > RECORD DOES NOT SIGNIFY DOMAIN AVAILABILITY." > > At least they got the disclaimer right... > > I would also add that you shouldn't expect one registrar's whois to show > accurate information for another registrar's customers. > > >
