Re: [FreeDNS] Slightly off topic

[Shane Brewer <sbrewer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I got lost in the ftp part, so I went to www.networksolutions.com, clicked
on help, searched for NIC Handle and, lol, I found the place to register
one.

Seems they letting you register without registering domains....But thanks
for the help :))

Welshman
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Johann Visagie" <wjv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <freedns@xxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [FreeDNS] Slightly off topic


> Rob Hunter on 2001-05-31 (Thu) at 21:55:35 +0200:
> >
> > > Where does one get a NIC Handle ? Do you have to register a domain
before
> > > one gets assigned one, or is there another place ?
> >
> > If you're suicidal enough, you can search for the template on
> > www.networksolutions.com. Last time I checked I couldn't find it on
their
> > http:// links, but found it on ftp.networksolutions.com somewhere.
There's
> > no cost involved, and no prerequisites (although if I were you I'd use
an
> > email address that won't change). Sounds like an arb warning, but for
some
> > reason, so many people change primary email address so often lately.
>
> FWIW, they've recently gone through the process of deleting all handles
which
> have no other current records associated with them (*sniff* - lost my
lovely
> low-numbered handle).  It might therefore be that Shane is right, and they
> now assign them automatically when associated with another record.
*shrug*
>
> -- V
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