RE: [registrars] whois lookup

[Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>]

Hello Tom,

> 
> >Surely the registrant has contacted you (using their real 
> email address or
> >otherwise) to request a transfer?
> 
> Their "real" e-mail address???  How am I to determine what 
> that is if the whois lists a different e-mail address that 
> changes on a regular basis?  
> 

Good point.  There are technical solutions to this for a thick registry.


> 
> The problem here is that registrars do not have a "private" 
> method for which to query other registrar's whois information 
> for day-to-day operations (e.g. transfers).
> 

Agreed.

Regards,
Bruce
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