[volunteers] Introducing domain-check

[Paul Reiber]

Rick - No problem, I'll cover the $ for you next time I see you.
Thanks for your diligence!
-Paul

On 7/27/07, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Been working on a nice Perl script for a while, with Ben Okopnik; it's
> downloadable from http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/network/ .
> (Command-line mode is shown below, but the _real_ lifesaver is running
> domain-check as a weekly cronjob, to send e-mail if any of a list of
> domains approaches expiration.)
>
>
>  $ domain-check -d=svlug.org
> Processing svlug.org... (NOTE: Subsequent ORG queries will be delayed by
> 20 seconds each due to rate limiting)
>
> Host                    Registrar                           Exp.date/Days left
> ==============================================================================
> svlug.org               CSL Computer Service Langenbach Gmb 06-Aug-2007 /    9
>  $ date
> Fri Jul 27 14:53:40 PDT 2007
>  $
>
>
> Personally, I keep domains I care about a few _hundred_ days away from
> expiration.  Expiration can be very bad; you don't want to even get
> close to it.  Any domain I want to keep reaching nine days from
> expiration would make me very nervous.
>
>
> Fortunately, in SVLUG's case, all it takes to fix that problem is...
> money.  I happen to have some right here.
>
> (/me goes to the joker.com Web site, pays $36 to extend SVLUG's
> domain registration by three years.  Renewal tracking ID was:  13842467)
>
> As mentioned many times on this mailing list, _anyone_ (any credit
> card holder) can do our renewal.  You, the reader, can, for example.
> (You would have known to use Joker.com by checking "whois svlug.org" --
> which also includes the expiration date.)
>
> Results:
>
>
>  $ domain-check -d=svlug.org
> Processing svlug.org... (NOTE: Subsequent ORG queries will be delayed by
> 20 seconds each due to rate limiting)
>
> Host                    Registrar                           Exp.date/Days left
> ==============================================================================
> svlug.org               CSL Computer Service Langenbach Gmb 06-Aug-2010 / 1105
>  $
>
>
> You're welcome.
>
>
>
>
> By the way, if SVLUG ever decides to abandon the "svlug.org" domain,
> rather than just letting it expire (and get grabbed by domain squatters
> to use for one of those "search engines"), it would be really
> neighbourly to donate it to the Southern Vales Linux User Group -- or to
> any of the other SVLUGs anyway.  For heaven't sake, don't let domain
> squatters grab it through sheer neglect.
>
> By the way^2, I'm now out $36 on y'all's behalf.  Anyone feeling
> grateful?
>
> By the way^3, svlug.net's expiration is this December.  Hint:  I'm
> not paying for that.
>
>
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