More often then not, registrants forget which email address they have setup for the registrant contact; so when they want to transfer their domain they rely on their new registrar to streamline the process for them.
It is common practice to advise the new client of the email address currently set as the registrant contact; so that they can check it and approve the domain transfer. Registrant contact information for domains sponsored by other registrars is now only available through the captcha'd WHOIS. It's about customer service. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Keegel Sent: Sunday, 26 November 2006 1:56 PM To: .au DNS Discussion List Subject: Re: [DNS] New WHOIS Michael, Can you give some examples of why au domain registrars would need to use whois in their systems, rather than whois-check or EPP? On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 09:04:22PM +0800, Michael Baker wrote: > Its not just that a lot of au domain registrars have to modify there WHOIS > code now because of the changes -- ________________________________________________________________________ ___ David Keegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.cyber.com.au/users/djk/ Cybersource P/L: Linux/Unix Systems Administration Consulting/Contracting ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/
