Re: [registrars] gTLD Registry Maintenance Notices

[Jean-Michel Becar <jmbecar@xxxxxx>]

I agree with a more standard form amongst all the registries for their 
maintenance announcement.
I don't really see the point to introduce a new system like RSS, we 
already have EPP so why not to have the following:
1- A standard mail form sent to all the registrars tech contact
2- A new EPP command we can pull so we can automated some internal 
procedures
and like Donny said: Problem solved :-)

Regards,
Jean-Michel

Donny Simonton wrote:

> I don't like the email system we currently have, and I think RSS feeds would
> be just as bad if not worse than what we have right now.  The reason is very
> simple, if a registry goes down they wouldn't have to notify us, they would
> just post something via RSS feed.  So what would happen, people would be
> checking it every 30 seconds to make sure there are no problems.
>
> Bloggers think that RSS will solve all problems, just like the people who
> invented XML thought it would solve all problems.
>
> If we had a combination of email and RSS that would probably help.  Hell,
> why not just allow us to poll it via EPP.  Why involve RSS when we already
> have a system in place.
>
> Problem solved!  Next problem.
>
> If that doesn't work, at least an option via the registries to have a
> downtime mailing list.  So at least we could send it to the people who
> actually need the information.  Our CFO really doesn't care if .name will be
> down for 4 hours on Saturday.  But CS and Network Operations do.
>
> Donny
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-
> > registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tbarrett
> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:10 PM
> > To: ross@xxxxxxxxxx; 'Larry Erlich'
> > Cc: 'Tim Ruiz'; michael@xxxxxxxxxx; registrars@xxxxxxxx; dam@xxxxxxxxx;
> > 'Marie. Zitkova'; 'Miriam Sapiro'
> > Subject: RE: [registrars] gTLD Registry Maintenance Notices
> >
> >
> > I'd like to echo Ross' comments.
> >
> > The ideal scenario is a registry-maintained website that can be polled or
> > syndicated to display registry notices to our customers.  This is the most
> > efficient mechanism for distributing urgent registry notices to end-users.
> > (and eliminates a manual re-publishing step for registrars)
> >
> > Tom Barrett
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader
> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:53 PM
> > To: Larry Erlich
> > Cc: Tim Ruiz; michael@xxxxxxxxxx; registrars@xxxxxxxx; dam@xxxxxxxxx;
> > 'Marie. Zitkova'; 'Miriam Sapiro'
> > Subject: Re: [registrars] gTLD Registry Maintenance Notices
> >
> >
> > On 4/25/2004 3:40 PM Larry Erlich noted that:
> >
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> >
> > > > I'd personally like to see the Registries move away from email for
> > > > important administrative notices like the ones that you describe. Some
> > > > sort of standardized XML syndication format like RSS or RDF would seem
> > > > to make the most sense. It might even make sense to offer
> > > > notifications like this in parallel with email on a trial basis to
> > > > start.
> > > >        
> > > We are happy with the current email based system.
> > >
> > > Any future system should keep the legacy
> > > email system running in parallel permanently with individual
> > > registrars having the option of being removed from the email
> > > notifications.
> > >
> > >      
> > Email is a great low-volume, low-reliability, no-scale notification
> > system. I wouldn't advocate abandoning it entirely, but the registries
> > should be working to provide registrars with more stable, more efficient
> > and more reliable services in order to ensure that they can serve our
> > businesses as they grow. As I mentioned, maintaining something in
> > parallel or running a trial is probably the best approach - at least to
> > start.
> >
> > It really is time that the registries provide registrars with a complete
> > quality of service guarantee rather than relying on best efforts
> > messaging technologies like email for notices and messages that are so
> > important to each of our businesses.
> >
> > --
> >
> >                        -rwr
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> >                             The more experiments you make the better."
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