Though politely done, that's the first time I received an RTFM in many years! Believe it or not, I read through the docs several times. I may have skimmed some parts and missed the section about blank emails coming if the settings are not completed. Also, I have been very ill, and probably for the first time in my life, did not search out the answer in the docs and mailing list before posting. (I normally exhaust the docs, mailing list, and deja.com before asking - I find that 99% of my questions have already been answered somewhere, one time in only another language, but somehow figured it out.) I was going to preface my message with the fact that I am ill and did not search first, but chose not to ramble (like I am now). I'm glad that my mail sparked a question from Sam, so all was not lost.I suggest you check out our documentation to help familiarize yourself with our systemshttp://resellers.tucows.com/opensrs/documentation
I am great at reading complicated docs and setting up Linux software, but admittedly, OpenSRS is not the easiest system to learn and set up, though it was worth it when finally done. Also, the help and support (mailing list, email, and telephone) I've received have been the *greatest* and it is appreciated very much, at least by me. I think everyone here is really cool and puts the fun (back) into doing this for a living.
I made a few requests by phone and I was surprised that one of them was never asked by anyone. I want to explain it here so if there are more people who would like to see the change, speak up to raise the priority. Here it is as follows:
In whois, Network Solutions allows the following format:
Administrative Contact:
Admin (AD4999-ORG)
OpenSRS looks like this:
Administrative Contact:
Dept., Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The problem is twofold. First, the first and last name fields *must* be filled in with OpenSRS. Second, the names are reversed and the comma is added. If the names were not reversed, it would be ok. Better yet, if only one field is allowed (at least one required), then it would be best solution because it would allow a name like Cher or Madonna to do it properly. (Not that they are going to personally register domain names, but you get me point.) If only one field is used, then there would be no comma added. If both fields are used, then OpenSRS can reverse the names and input the comma as they do now. Anyway, this is important to me so if anyone else needs it, let them know. If the baby don't cry, the baby don't get no milk!
Lastly, over the years, I have written many shell scripts to fully automate everything I do (related to web hosting and domain name registration) and for the first time, will make them available to the public (after I alter them into a generic format). I was told by one of the tech support guys at OpenSRS that you guys would really want some of this stuff, so I will post it when it is ready.
Sydney Urshan
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