The forms for the e-mail interface of the DRS together with the corresponing help files.
Explanations of the format of the DRS robots' responses.
How to find specific subsets of your domains and select many domains for simultaneous processing.
Everything you should know about renewals of your registered domains.
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The DRS can be operated in two different ways:
You can use it via
web interface. This
provides the possibility of managing the applications interactively.
On the other hand it is possible to complete
e-mail forms and send them
to our robot. This method can be used for the registration of new
domains, registrar transfers with Knipp as gaining registrar,
for the modification of domain data and for the deletion of a domain.
You can use both methods to modify your stock of domains.
In order be able to always keep your own database up-to-date, our robot sends
responses in either case, if
modifications to your data are to be expected. A typical case is the
registration of a new domain, but it may also be a deletion or any other type
of modification.
Professional users can initiate domain processings via e-mail application form.
There is a specific form available for each domain type, and for each of these
forms we provide detailed instructions on how to fill in the fields.
Please send your completed application forms to
drs@knipp.de.
Only the domain types that are listed in the table below can be can be
processed in a fully automated way send by sending forms to the above
mentioned e-mail address.
For each customer id of Knipp there can be multiple users in the same company.
For example, Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones may be responsible for domain
administration whereas Mrs. Robinson may do the accounting.
The DRS sends e-mails concerning the following topics to our customers.
Technical notifications covering domain registrations (responses
of the DRS robot),
Accounting and finance
In this
table
you can see which employee of your company receives which kind of e-mails.
Please inform our
support team
if you want any changes of your actual profile.
DRS robot
All DRS robot responses are encoded as
Content-Type: multipart/mixed in
MIME standard. This has the advantage that you can “pick” only those
parts that are relevant for your actual task and ignore the
other parts.
Based on our usage of the MIME standard you can use a multiplicity of
existing libraries for different programming languages and access
the different parts of the responses by using a few lines of code.
Favored programming languages for this purpose are Perl, PHP and Java.
To give only one example, the MIME::Tools
of Perl located in the CPAN Library
can be cited.
The responses are divided into the following MIME sections.
Some sections include subsection. The 3rd section is optional.
Section
Type
Description
1
response
Textual description of the DRS robots' response.
This part explains the result of the request in
human-readable format. The balancing act between expressing
the issue understandingly for the laymen without boring
professionals is attempted.
Usable for e-mail clients, which can handle HTML.
Tables are displayed as graphical elements.
Important text parts are displayed in semi-bold font,
logos and pictures are used as indicators for particularities.
If you have sent an e-mail application form to the DRS,
it is included in this part.
This simplifies the analysis of possible errors, which are
listed in the robot part.
3.1
Application in ASCII format
Your original application in ASCII format.
Remark: If the sending of HTML e-mails is deactivated
in your profile, only the ASCII variant is used in section 1. The
deactivation can be accomplished on your request by our
support team.
Dear Mr. Smith,
the e-mail you have sent has been analysed
by the automated order processing. Unfortunately, errors have been
found which do not allow further processing. The specific errors
are listed in following table. Please correct the
errors and send the form again. If you still have problems, please
send your e-mail as an attachment of another e-mail to the support
team (preferably with the full header).
Line Field Error Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Line 160 ? The line does not match the requested
format. It must start with a keyword,
followed by a colon and the value.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section Field Error Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section 0 doc-id The specified field is missing. Please
add this field to your form.
version The specified field is missing. Please
add this field to your form.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section 1 section The section is located at a wrong
position. The individual sections
must appear in ascending order.
domain The value of the field does not match
the requested format.
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