Thanks to all who replied, on and off list.
It seems then that Nominet already sends this information, so it would
be good if OpenSRS parses the e-mail and then (ideally) sends a copy to
the reseller.
Cheers,
David
David Croft wrote:
> I have noticed that Nominet now sends registrants a postal letter
> inviting them to login to their website with the provided security code
> to correct/update the registration information for WHOIS etc. Also, for
> a long time, the certificate they hold can be used to change information
> or transfer to a third party, again directly with Nominet.
>
> Naturally Tucows doesn't get to hear about this so the information in
> the manage interface is wrong and remains wrong. This is especially
> troublesome as the organisation name can be changed by Nominet but
> cannot be changed through the Tucows API.
>
> Perhaps Tucows can lobby Nominet for some kind of automated notification
> when domain information is changed their end? This could cause the
> opensrs system to re-request the domain info from the automaton. (It
> would be nice if this could also follow through with an e-mail to the
> reseller, for those of us who store contact information locally).
>
> In the meantime, perhaps the reseller interface or API could have an
> option to 'request authoritative information from supplier'.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
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