I'm reposting this from dev-list: I'd like to set record straight in regards to this issue.
Verisign operates test registry to which we connect for .com,.net domains from Horizon environment. They have not fully implemented business rules inside of this registry, as crucial Auto-ACK of transfers is missing. Combine this with simple rule, that you can try to transfer only domains that belong to another Registrar account over which we've got no control, and need to send confirmation emails, and it gets fairly dificult to fully support transfers in Horizon environment. The latest issue with emails is most important, as you/your customers would probably not like to receive emails from Horizon - it would be too confusing. This is not to say it's impossible to create some sort of solution. It would be complex, and there is always the question where to spend resources, and how much bang for the buck is this for all resellers. In addition, any solution would not prepare you for obfuscating business practices of certain registrars, so real life transfer may show to be increasingly more complex. Anyway, as a band aid, I am creating 10K domains that you can use to partially test transfers: from: test-transfer-tucows0000.com to: test-transfer-tucows9999.com These domains do not belong to registrar used to operate Horizon environment. Therefore, against these domains you can issue transfer. Transfer will never complete (due to registry lack of auto-ack feature), and once transfer is issued domain will hung indefinitely in transfer-pending state, and cannot be reused. These domains are first come, first served :) You'd have to itterate over this list to find which ones are still elligable for transfer. We can replenish list from time to time. As I write this, be aware that there are only first 5K domains created, but processing of all will finish today. Regards, Zeljko Dimic, OpenSRS Developer
