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Re: Foolproof way to check if a domain exists?

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On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 07:17:33 -0700 (PDT), laredotornado@zipmail.com
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>
>Is there a more foolproof way to verify the existence of a domain?

there are various WHOIS services you could probe. They will tell you a
domain exists if it is registered, even if no server is handling it
currently.
see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/whois.html
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
Motors make noise, and that tells you about the feelings and attitudes 
that went into it. Something was more important than sensory pleasure -- 
nobody would invent a chair or dish that smelled bad or that made horrible 
noises -- why were motors invented noisy? How could they possibly be 
considered complete or successful inventions with this glaring defect?
Unless, of course, the aggressive, hostile, assaultive sound actually served
to express some impulse of the owner. 
~ Philip Slater (born: 1927 age: 85)
The Wayward Gate: Science and the Supernatural

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Foolproof way to check if a domain exists? laredotornado@zipmail.com - 2013-04-04 07:17 -0700
  Re: Foolproof way to check if a domain exists? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2013-04-04 08:32 -0700
    Re: Foolproof way to check if a domain exists? laredotornado@zipmail.com - 2013-04-04 09:21 -0700
      Re: Foolproof way to check if a domain exists? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-04-04 16:53 -0400
  Re: Foolproof way to check if a domain exists? Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2013-04-04 21:59 +0200

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