Missing domain mystery...

[Doug]

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, David Lloyd wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Joseph S D Yao wrote:
> 
> >> Am I missing something obvious?
> >
> >Check the syslogs for indications that the 'named' found an error and
> >rejected the domain.
> >
> >Check whether the immediate parent domains [the root servers?] for some
> >reason glitched and lost your domain.
> 
> Okay, looks like it was a simple problem after all... Apparently the
> customer didn't pay their InterNIC bill and they put it on hold.. That's
> difficult since there is no way (apparently) to *tell* whether a domain is
> on hold thru InterNIC.

	Checking the roots for delegation is usually a good hint. whois
records + no root delegation usually == overdue bill. This is useful for
the many times that netsol's accounting page isn't working. :)

Good luck,

Doug
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