Search Again: Re: Domain name problem From: Mia''s Virtual Post Office Date: Thursday, May 18, 2000 Time: 12:17:27 pm Global Homes Webmaster said: >On 05/18/00 at 13:38, Mia's Virtual Post Office wrote: > >> Global Homes Webmaster said: >> >> >NS records for it, name servers outside your network can't know that your >> >servers have authoritative data for it, so they can't resolve it. It's a >> >Network Solutions problem because they are responsible for adding domains >> >registered through them to the root servers. >> >> God bless America.. someone here did not pay the bill... I thought this >> might be it, but unfortunately there is no way to find out from a whois >> or NetSol's web site whether anyone paid. > >Aha! That would 'splain it. Used to be NetSol's Whois database had a status >field that showed things like if a domain had a hold on it (for non-payment, >etc.). I guess they can't be bothered with that kind of trivial stuff any >more... Maybe they justify dropping it as a 'privacy' thing, but IIRC they >didn't ever specify the reason for a hold, just that one existed. > Yes the did used to have the "On Hold" listed in the whois, but they removed it apparently to keep domain squatters from finding domains that were about to expire... jer www.hostdrive.com "VC" You know, "VC" used to stand for VietCong.. Now it stands for Venture Capitalist... I ask you; what's the difference? Hey, I bought my Apple Stock @ $18, WHO'S LAUGHING NOW!!!

Messages In This Thread: Domain name problem by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on May 18, 2000 at 10:17:24 am Re: Domain name problem by Global Homes Webmaster on May 18, 2000 at 10:34:08 am Re: Domain name problem by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on May 18, 2000 at 11:39:24 am Re: Domain name problem by Global Homes Webmaster on May 18, 2000 at 12:04:32 pm Re: Domain name problem by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on May 18, 2000 at 12:17:27 pm