Yes checking the root zone files is the first step, but is not all the task, as dropping a domain from the root zone files does Not mean that it is currently available for registration. Am I right?
Sorry for letting your mail reader sad before, and hope it to be happy forever as it is so important for all of us (while I don't like Microsoft or any of its products but I have to salute the Outlook now as it is the tool you use). `` Ramy Nabil ----- http://www.mydomreg.com Charles Daminato wrote: > A better approach is to get access to the root zone files (which I believe > is possible) and compare the files locally. This will give you a better > idea without having to point any traffic at the registry (or us) > > There are many other places (folks on the list, and searches in the > archives) that can provide the results/data you're looking for.... > > As an aside, thank you for updating your charset, my mail reader is happier > now (even if the relationship between Micro$not and Netscrape isn't) > > Charles Daminato > OpenSRS Product Manager > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ramy Nabil > > Sent: September 9, 2002 1:16 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Bulk Check > > Importance: High > > > > > > As I stated before, I need to extract the expired domains list > > from the root zone files dropped domains > > by checking if these dropped domains are available for > > registration or not, so there are hundreds or even > > thousands of these dropped domains daily. > > Any suggestions? > > > > BTW Microsoft Outlook and Netscape Messenger are not always friends. > > > > Thanks, > > Ramy Nabil > > ------ > > http://www.mydomreg.com > > > > Charles Daminato wrote: > > > > > <Ramil> again, having problems with mail sent from you... what > > mail reader > > > do you use? > > > > > > Why do you need to perform hundreds if not thousands of lookups > > per day? Is > > > your volume that high? > > > > > > Charles Daminato > > > OpenSRS Product Manager > > > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Thanks Paul, > > > But the API allows only to check one domain at a time, which > > will consume= > > > a lot of bandwidth to check > > > several hundreds (or may be thousands) of domains daily. > > > I think no need to do DNS queries as the lists wanted to be > > checked are o= > > > btained from comparing the root > > > zone files to extract dropped domains, so the domains are not > > found in th= > > > e root zone files and so sure > > > they will not resolve. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Ramy Nabil > > > ----- > > > http://www.mydomreg.com > > > > > > Paul Chvostek wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 12:25:43PM +0300, Ramy Nabil wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Is there any method to make bulk domain availability check > > that's it = > > > to check the availability of > > > > > several domains in one step and get the result as available > > list and = > > > unavailable one rather than > > > > > checking them one by one to save bandwidth of both sides. > > > > > That is required mainly to extract the expired domains list > > from the = > > > dropped domains. > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > You could always write one.=A0 Communication with Tucows via the API > > > > doesn't take that much bandwidth.=A0 If you wanted to reduce > > the actual > > > > checks for availability, you could do quick DNS queries on the domain > > > > list first, then only check availability for the domains that > > failed th= > > > e > > > > DNS check (since the others are obviously registered and therefore > > > > unavailable). > > > > > > > > Something like this would be pretty simple to code.=A0 If > > you'd like so= > > > me > > > > custom development work done, I'm sure a number of the folks here > > > > (myself included) would be willing and able to help. > > > > > > Charles Daminato > > > OpenSRS Product Manager > > > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
