Network Solutions Misery

[Barry Margolin]

In article <007001bfbf56$ebdc76d0$e32a9ecd at acmebw.com>,
Michael Milligan <milli at acmebw.com> wrote:
>
>"David Cunningham" <newsonly at please.com> wrote in message
>news:8fquoa$mjg at journal.concentric.net...
>> I've been scouring their site for **procedures** to change host name info
>> but I only find FAQs unrelated to what I'm attempting.  It's a simple
>> change.  I would like to change the hostname of an existing name server.
>
>[...to SERVER1.RADIUSWEB.COM]
>
>> Here is it's present data:
>>
>> NIC Handle: NS96725-HST
>> Host Name: NS1.RADIUSWEB.COM
>> IP Address: 209.220.157.210
>
>You have to submit a (N)ew host template for this, then update all
>registrations that use the old name.  That may be painful, so think twice.

I don't think they'll allow that, since they'll notice that the IP address
of the new registration conflicts with the IP address of an existing
registration, and reject it on that account.  Handles, hostnames, and
addresses in the WHOIS database all have to be unique.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
Genuity, Burlington, MA
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