Re: How do they look up the registrant?

From: Charles Daminato (chuck@tucows.com)
Date: Wed May 16 2001 - 16:55:31 EDT


We query the whois of the current registrar, and extract the
Administrative Contact's email address from there :)

Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager
chuck@tucows.com

On Wed, 16 May 2001, Jim Archer wrote:

> Hi All...
>
> I'm a bit confused about the transfer process. When I place a transfer
> request OpenSRS sends an automated note to the admin contact asking their
> approval and providing a web link. Sensible enough. But how does the
> software know who to send the note to? This onformation is not stored in
> the registry. Is there some dependency on someones whois or on NSI for this?
>
> Thanks...
>
> Jim
>
>
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