network solutions dns server update - how long to propagate?

Barry Margolin barmar at bbnplanet.com
Mon Dec 6 16:13:04 UTC 1999


In article <384B7D80.13D9B7C4 at montevino.com>,
Lawrence Chan <webmaster at montevino.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>We've initiated a complete change of name servers for a domain, ie both
>host names
>and ip addresses via Internic's Make Changes/Host Form.  We've also replied to
>their Yes and ACK confirmations for the change request.  Are we suppose to get a
>confirmation from them on when the root servers have been updated?  Or, are we
>supposed to check Whois ourselve?  We have not received any further email from
>them.  Is this good news or bad?  Please advice.

They normally send an email when they've made changes to their database,
and it should say when the corresponding change will be visible in WHOIS
queries (normally the next day) and on the root servers (late the night
after the WHOIS change).

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