Re: INTERNIC Question

[Steve Sobol <sjsobol () shell nacs net>]

On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 10:14:52AM -0700, Ben Kirkpatrick wrote:
>    It's been awhile since I messed with this, but I seem to remember
> something that worked like this.  After you submit the template, you
> should get back a receipt with the NIC tracking number in the
> subject line.  To get status, you finger #######@rs.internic.net ,
> or maybe it was ops.internic.net.  The result should be easy to
> parse cuz it's always in the same format.
>    The down side is that you often don't get the receipt in time and
> that you're using the Internic's database key instead of your own.

finger NIC-#####@rs.internic.net

I think you can also do this for open invoices you have with them,
as well as tickets opened for correspondence with InterNIC staff.


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