Hello,
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 11:32:29AM +0100, Richard Archbold wrote:
> I am trying to do a whois on some .co.uk and .org.uk domains but am having
> little success. For example if I do a command line whois putting in whois
>fonefix.co.uk at whois.nic.uk I get no useful info back, it does not even tell
Maybe your whois client doesn't work like that. My (debian) whois client
expects the whois server to be listed after a `-h', not after an `@':
whois -h whois.nic.uk fonefix.co.uk
> me if the domain is registered or not (is whois.nic.uk the correct whois
> server ?).
It is the correct whois server, and it is registered to `Sigma Telecom'.
Wesley.
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