1.
Which is
the best WHOIS server for COM, NET ORG domains?
2.
What is the 'Maximum simultaneous connection' setting in the
options dialog?
3.
I am unable to check a domain again after successfully
retrieving information from the WHOIS Server once.
How can I check the domain again?
4.
I have selected a domain name by clicking on it. But the
"Lookup Selected" toolbar button is still
disabled. Why?
5.
I have created a list of domain names and then looked up all
of them for availability. Now I want to remove all
unavailable domain names from the list, but scrolling
through the list and deleting each one is really difficult,
Is there a better way?
7.
I clicked the "Stop All" button to stop the
domain name lookups. But nothing seems to be happening!
8.
I want to retrieve the email addresses of all
administrative contacts, billing contacts, etc. from the
records. Are there any options to do this?
9.
When I print, there are some entries missing between pages!
10.
The domain lookups are not working in my Win95 system! I am
able to add names to the list, select them, etc. but nothing
happens when I click the 'Check Availability' button.
Whois.crsnic.net
is normally the fastest server. But it doesn't retrieve the owner and
contact information.
Whois.networksolutions.com
tends to misbehave now and then. For example, it gave outputs like
"You shouldn't see this information", "[No name]
(ID?)", etc. recently. The problem disappeared after a few hours.
We did receive a few emails from users regarding this. Please
don't panic if you see strange outputs now and then. Simply change the
whois server and try again.
The
simultaneous connection limit was always present right from version 1.0.
The program default is 5 connections but you can set it to any
value between 1-40. It simply means DNA will make only the set number
"simultaneous" connections to the whois server. If you make a
list of 500 or 1000 domains, DNA will check all of them but will make
sure that no more than 5 (or whatever you have set) connections are
alive at a time. This prevents flooding the whois server. The whois
server owners (like Network Solutions) will not take kindly to thousands
of DNA users making 500 connections each at the same time.
I
am unable to check a domain again after successfully retrieving
information from the WHOIS Server once. How can I check the
domain again?
Right
click on the domain name and choose "Reset Entry" to
reset the domain registration information. Now click on the "Check
Availability" button. You may also reset all selected
entries using the "Lookup > Reset All Selected" menu
option.
You
may not have really selected any entry in the domain list. To select an
entry you have to click on the check box on the left side so that a tick
mark appears within it. This is different from highlighting an entry by
clicking on it.
I have created
a list of domain names and then looked up all of them for
availability. Now I want to remove all unavailable domain names from the
list, but scrolling through the list and deleting each one is really
difficult, Is there a better way?
Yes,
there is. First sort the list according to the status by clicking
on the status column header. All the unavailable domains will be
grouped together after the sorting. Now use the 'select range' option
to select only the unavailable domains. Confirm that only the
unavailable domains are selected and then use the delete selected
option to remove all unavailable domains.
Probably
the WHOIS server is not responding. Check the server from the Lookup
> Options menu. Try a different server (but remember that
all the WHOIS servers do not have regularly updated records). Also check
if your Internet connection is fine.
You
may also get errors due to the WHOIS Server refusing to connect.
This happens if you are submitting too many queries simultaneously. Use
the Lookup > Options dialog to specify appropriate connection
settings (try increasing the connection interval).
I clicked
the "Stop All" button to stop the domain name lookups.
But nothing seems to be happening!
The
"Stop All" button doesn't stop the connections that are
in progress at the time of clicking the "stop all"
button. It only stops the queued lookups. Please wait a few
seconds for all the connections to end or timeout. The number of
connections that are in progress at any given time will vary between
1-40. (You can set this from the "Lookup > Options"
menu)
I want to retrieve
the email addresses of all administrative contacts, billing
contacts, etc from the records. Are there any options to do this?
No,
and there will not be. It is also illegal. If you
use the WHOIS Server at Network Solutions you are bound by the
policy which states "By submitting a WHOIS
query, you agree that you will use this Data only for lawful purposes
and that, under no circumstances will you use this Data to: (1) allow,
enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited,
commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail (spam); or (2) enable
high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply to Network
Solutions (or its systems)." Other WHOIS Servers
also may have such policies in place.
When
I print, there are some entries missing between pages!
Use
the Lookup > Options menu item to specify the number of print
entries per page.
The domain lookups are not
working in my Win95 system! I am able to add names to the list,
select them, etc. but nothing happens when I click the 'Check
Availability' button.
Earlier
versions of Domain Name Analyzer require Winsock2. Most probably you
have winsock1.1. Please visit Microsoft
Win95 download area
Newer
versions of Domain Name Analyzer will work even if you do not have
Winsock2 installed but it is better to update your Winsock to avoid
problems.
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