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Hi<br>
<br>
Yes, I do use whois, my problem is which of the many dozens of whois
servers to ask.<br>
<br>
E.g. if you want to know who owns telephone.com(random example), do
you ask whois.moniker.com, whois.markmonitor.com, whois.enum.com or
???.<br>
<br>
If you don't know who to ask, it can take maybe 20 attempts before
you find a whois server tha gives some helpful info. In some cases
looking at the NS records helps<br>
<br>
Somebody put up the whois.uwhois.net, but that rarely gives an
answer.<br>
<br>
How do you determine where to ask?<br>
<br>
<br>
On 11/11/10 4:07, Ian Manners wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:100.98930600f65ddb4c.001@os2site.com"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Hi Sten,
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<pre wrap="">With the growing number of registrars of e.g. .com domains, it becomes
difficult or even almost impossible to figure out which whois server you
should ask for information about a domain name.
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<pre wrap="">
Use Whois (first under the 'Other software:' heading) from
the command prompt.
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.linux.it/~md/software/"><http://www.linux.it/~md/software/></a>
Even compiles ok under OS/2.
Cheers
Ian Manners
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.os2site.com/">http://www.os2site.com/</a>
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Best regards
Sten Carlsen
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"MALE BOVINE MANURE!!!"
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