Peter, Would you or anyone else at OpenSRS have the answer to these questions? We would like to know when you say "our system checks the status of the domain internally" whether or not this information is exposed via API, RWI, or some other method for resellers that have implemented their own renewal reminder systems.
-- John Keegan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://RackShare.com > From: John Keegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:47:02 -0500 > To: "R. Peter Ejtel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Questions for .UK Renewal Release > > How will the reseller be able to determine the "renewal applied state" of a > UK domain? Only through the API? > > Please note that there are certain attributes of a domain - notably the > current expiration date - which can only be obtained through the API if the > username/password of the domain are known, making it impossible to develop > API-based renewal notice systems on the reseller side without resorting to > scripting the RWI. Will "renewal applied state" be another one of those > attributes? > > Please once more, consider changing the API so that current expiration date > and any of these renewal-related attributes can be obtained _without_ > knowing the domain's username and password. > > -- > John Keegan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://RackShare.com > > >> From: "R. Peter Ejtel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:01:43 -0500 >> To: "John Keegan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: RE: Questions for .UK Renewal Release >> >> 3) "OK, which expiry will this be applied against? If the domain is >> "renewed" at >> 91 days, but the expiry date not update until the actual date of expiry, >> will the UK domain holder continue to receive renewal notices despite having >> renewed the domain?" >> >> No, our system checks the status of the domain internally before sending >> these emails. If the domain is in "renewal applied state" then the renewal >> messaging will no longer initiate as it will be treated as a successfully >> renewed domain. >
