Re: [freedns] Domain Registration Problems

[Christiaan Keet <keet>]

Lonewolf wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 01:00:46PM +0200, Blake Turner wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to find out how long roughly it should take before a new domain
> > is loaded, such that it appears on the .za.net DNS servers.
> >From http://www.za.net/howto.html:
> 
> 7. Wait for an e-mail reply indicating that your request has been validated.
>    This step requires human intervention and can take a few days 
> 
> > I have been waiting 48 hours now and have also received no response to two
> > emails sent to ZA NiC in the last 24 hours.
> Mayhaps the poor guy's taken a holiday? ;-)


He has indeed, but is back now. ;)    We'll work through the backlog
as quickly as possible, sorry about the delays.


> On this topic, has any thought been given to automating the registration
> process?


It is all automated right up to the last step where someone has to
look at a webpage and click a button to activate the domain.

Unfortunately we have to do this to keep out some of the more insane
registrations.


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