Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Ashburn
>> Which leads to the obvious question of how to make a whois query >> programatically. Michael, Angus, many thanks for the info - much appreciated! I'll take a look at it tomorrow and see what I can come up with. Rob Ashburn. -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing lis

Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-30 Thread Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd
> Which leads to the obvious question of how to make a whois query > programatically. I did an ICS Whois component a few years ago: http://www.magsys.co.uk/download/software/whois.zip For COM domains, it does a double lookup to return Whois from the actual registrar. But you do have to choos

Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-30 Thread Michael Preslar
> I've done a little (so far) poking around in the relevant RFCs, and making > the actual query looks relatively straight forward. What I'm not sure about > is what server(s) to query? To date I've only every used web based services > like samspade or whois services hosted by domain registrars,

Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Ashburn
> WHOIS shows the reserved domains owners perfectly. But some ICANN approved > comanies such as Dotster and Godaddy offer "privacy" option which prevents > the display of owner data such as name, address, and email. That sounds ideal for my purposes. I don't need to know who the domain is registe

Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-30 Thread Fastream Technologies
PIETTE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup : There can be a lot of "reserved" domain names. Companies reserve the domain : name (that is pay for it but do not really use it) eith

Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-30 Thread Francois PIETTE
eserved" domain name. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.overbyte.be - Original Message - From: "Rob Ashburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup > >A domain name can't be

Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Ashburn
>A domain name can't be used if there is no DNS server delivering IP > addresses for it. > Of course it can exists on paper but it is of no use to access any > service. Hi Fancois, I suspected as much. However, in this case, the existence of the domain on paper is also important - the purpose o

Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-30 Thread Francois Piette
Suite, freeware) Author of MidWare (Multi-tier framework, freeware) http://www.overbyte.be - Original Message - From: "Rob Ashburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup > >

Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-30 Thread Rob Ashburn
>A domain name exists on the internet only when a DNS server is able to give > an IP address. Hi Francois, Thanks for that, but what about detagged domains? The domain exists, but doesn't have a registrar / DNS server associated with it. Is there any way to tell the difference between a domain

Re: [twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-28 Thread Francois PIETTE
D]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 12:02 AM Subject: [twsocket] DNSLookup > Hi all, > > I'm in the process of writing a small program that needs to determine for > sure whether or not a given domain name exists. > > Currently, I'm passing the domain name to WSocke

[twsocket] DNSLookup

2006-10-27 Thread Rob Ashburn
Hi all, I'm in the process of writing a small program that needs to determine for sure whether or not a given domain name exists. Currently, I'm passing the domain name to WSocket.DNSLookUp, and then checking the ErrCode in DNSLookupDone as follows: case ErrCode of 0 : begin

Re: [twsocket] Dnslookup... WSocket...

2006-01-03 Thread Wilfried Mestdagh
Hello Ja, > Is DNSLookup with WSocket async? yes. please dont reply to a thread if subject is different. Many modern email reader can sort on thread so many people will not see your question if they are not interested in the thread (in this case 'problem with overbyte website') --

[twsocket] Dnslookup... WSocket...

2006-01-03 Thread Ja
Is DNSLookup with WSocket async? Thanx! -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be

Re: [twsocket] TWSocket DNSLookup

2005-08-17 Thread Wilfried Mestdagh
nd those using exception > handling, IMO. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.overbyte.be > - Original Message - > From: "Wilfried Mestdagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:57 AM > Subject: [twsocket] TWSocket DNS

Re: [twsocket] TWSocket DNSLookup

2005-08-17 Thread Francois Piette
essage - From: "Wilfried Mestdagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:57 AM Subject: [twsocket] TWSocket DNSLookup > Hello Francois, > > Strange after all these years I did not check the AHostName before > calling DNSLookup for the first time :

[twsocket] TWSocket DNSLookup

2005-08-17 Thread Wilfried Mestdagh
Hello Francois, Strange after all these years I did not check the AHostName before calling DNSLookup for the first time :) Anyway there is something I wonder. First exception is raised, then TriggerDnsLookupDone is called with the right argument, however because the exception it is never called,