- Adding Domains
- Looking up Domains
- Selecting Database Type
- Connection Speeds
- Whois Lookup Configuration
- Search Filter (Mac Version)
- Extracting Expiry Dates
- Empty Registrar Expiry
- Email Alerts - Record Change
- Diagnostic Port 43 Whois
- HTTP Based Whois
- Web Page Monitoring
- Lookup Queue Status
- SSL Monitoring
- Database / SQL Support
- Quick Domain Filter (SQL)
- Custom Data Columns / Fields
- Manual Data Entry
- Web Forms Manager
- Registration Cost Indicator
- Multi User Support
- E-mail Tagging
- Web Scripts & Alerts
Diagnostic Port 43 Whois Lookup Tool
All our domain name software tools include a diagnostic port 43 whois lookup tool available from the Config Tab > Popup Whois ribbon button (Tools > Popup Whois Tool menu in earlier versions). You can use this to quickly lookup a domain name or check if port 43 connections are working properly.
On the Mac
Please note that the screen shot below is for Windows versions of our software. Mac OS X already has a native "Network Utility" app that includes whois lookup in the "Applications > Utilities" folder.
To check a domain name type in the whois server and the domain name into the appropriate boxes and then click 'Go'.
In some cases you can use the whois tool to determine the valid whois server for a country or top level domain by querying whois.iana.org. For example to find the whois server for query whois.iana.org for it. Now look through the whois output and you will find the whois server listed as
Whois Server (port 43): whois.nic.it
