Hi Bernd Hilmar, If someone registers a domain that is already taken, OpenSRS pre-registration won�t know until NeuStar�s Registry Gateway opens up. Once the gateway opens, a lookup will occur, saving all failed requests. If you want to ensure that name is not currently taken you would have to do a lookup with CNNIC.
Thanks, Tom Katsiroubas TLDs Product Manager Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bernd Hilmar Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 7:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: .CN availability lookup Hello, I have a question about the domain availability lookop for .CN domains. If I lookup a domain name I get this result: "No Registry Agents to service domain: [xxxx.com.cn] (Supplier Unavailable)" I understand this, because the registry is not live yet. But what happens if anybody likes to pre-register a domain name, which one is already taken? Because the CNNIC has already names, registered by chinese. Did I do something wrong with the lookup, or do I have to do lookup the availability by doing a whois request in the meantime till the registry is live? -- mfg bernd hilmar emerion WebHosting http://www.emerion.com ------------------------------------------ > emerion. highspeed, clustered Webhosting ------------------------------------------ emerion Webhosting GmbH ** A-1130 Vienna
