> I noticed that Ruby-Whois detected lots of .NL-domains as "available"
> that actually are not. Example:

> whoistest.rb:
>   require "rubygems"
>   require "whois"

>   whoisClient = Whois::Client.new(:timeout => 60)
>   whois = whoisClient.query("martijn-webdesign.nl")

>   puts whois
>   puts whois.registered? ? "registered" : "not registered"
>   puts whois.available? ? "available" : "not available"

> Result:
>   Domain name: martijn-webdesign.nl
>   Status:      in quarantine

>   Last registrar:
>      Fastware B.V.
>      Auvergnestraat 4
>      4611LN BERGEN OP ZOOM
>      Netherlands

>   Date out of quarantine: 2010-10-02

>   Record maintained: NL Domain Registry

>   Copyright notice
>   [...]
>   not registered
>   available

> Maybe it´s a bug of the .NL-Parser?

> Since I am using Ruby-Whois in a production environment, I would
> really appreciate your help!

> Regards,
> Benjamin

> Thank you very much for your report. This is definitely a parser issue that
> needs to be fixed.
> Unfortunately, each registry has its own domain statuses and dealing with
> all of them is a real pain.

> I searched for more information about the Quarantine Status and I created a
> ticket to implement the feature.http://github.com/weppos/whois/issues/issue/33

> This issue also fall into the case ofhttp://github.com/weppos/whois/issues/issue/2

> Unfortunately, this is a quite large ticket to add and at the moment I don't
> have much time to work on it.
> However, the good news is that I can implement a partial fix as I did for
> other parsers.

> After the changes:

>    1. a call to #status will return one of the following symbols:
>    registered, available, quarantine
>    2. a call to #registered? for a quarantine or registered domain will
>    return true, false otherwise
>    3. a call to #available? for a quarantine or registered domain will
>    return false, true otherwise

> Let me know if it sounds good for you.

> -- Simone

> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:16 AM, groe <mailtog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Oh, I forgot. I am using Ruby 1.8.7, whois 1.3.0 via gem in Ubuntu
> > x64.

> > Regards,
> > Benjamin

> > On Aug 25, 10:54 am, groe <mailtog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello,

> > > I noticed that Ruby-Whois detected lots of .NL-domains as "available"
> > > that actually are not. Example:

> > > whoistest.rb:
> > >   require "rubygems"
> > >   require "whois"

> > >   whoisClient = Whois::Client.new(:timeout => 60)
> > >   whois = whoisClient.query("martijn-webdesign.nl")

> > >   puts whois
> > >   puts whois.registered? ? "registered" : "not registered"
> > >   puts whois.available? ? "available" : "not available"

> > > Result:
> > >   Domain name: martijn-webdesign.nl
> > >   Status:      in quarantine

> > >   Last registrar:
> > >      Fastware B.V.
> > >      Auvergnestraat 4
> > >      4611LN BERGEN OP ZOOM
> > >      Netherlands

> > >   Date out of quarantine: 2010-10-02

> > >   Record maintained: NL Domain Registry

> > >   Copyright notice
> > >   [...]
> > >   not registered
> > >   available

> > > Maybe it´s a bug of the .NL-Parser?

> > > Since I am using Ruby-Whois in a production environment, I would
> > > really appreciate your help!

> > > Regards,
> > > Benjamin

> --
> Simone Carletti
> Application Developer

> Site & Blog:http://www.simonecarletti.com
> Email: wep...@weppos.net
> LinkedIn:http://linkedin.com/in/weppos
> Skype: weppos

> thank you very much for your response!

> Actually I don´t even need to separate between status "registered" and
> "quarantine" in my application, so your partial fix sounds very good
> to me :)

> Let me know if I can help you any further.

> Regards,
> Benjamin

> On Aug 25, 12:00 pm, Simone Carletti <wep...@weppos.net> wrote:

> > Hello Benjamin,

> > Thank you very much for your report. This is definitely a parser issue that
> > needs to be fixed.
> > Unfortunately, each registry has its own domain statuses and dealing with
> > all of them is a real pain.

> > I searched for more information about the Quarantine Status and I created a
> > ticket to implement the feature.http://github.com/weppos/whois/issues/issue/33

> > This issue also fall into the case ofhttp://github.com/weppos/whois/issues/issue/2

> > Unfortunately, this is a quite large ticket to add and at the moment I don't
> > have much time to work on it.
> > However, the good news is that I can implement a partial fix as I did for
> > other parsers.

> > After the changes:

> >    1. a call to #status will return one of the following symbols:
> >    registered, available, quarantine
> >    2. a call to #registered? for a quarantine or registered domain will
> >    return true, false otherwise
> >    3. a call to #available? for a quarantine or registered domain will
> >    return false, true otherwise

> > Let me know if it sounds good for you.

> > -- Simone

> > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:16 AM, groe <mailtog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Oh, I forgot. I am using Ruby 1.8.7, whois 1.3.0 via gem in Ubuntu
> > > x64.

> > > Regards,
> > > Benjamin

> > > On Aug 25, 10:54 am, groe <mailtog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello,

> > > > I noticed that Ruby-Whois detected lots of .NL-domains as "available"
> > > > that actually are not. Example:

> > > > whoistest.rb:
> > > >   require "rubygems"
> > > >   require "whois"

> > > >   whoisClient = Whois::Client.new(:timeout => 60)
> > > >   whois = whoisClient.query("martijn-webdesign.nl")

> > > >   puts whois
> > > >   puts whois.registered? ? "registered" : "not registered"
> > > >   puts whois.available? ? "available" : "not available"

> > > > Result:
> > > >   Domain name: martijn-webdesign.nl
> > > >   Status:      in quarantine

> > > >   Last registrar:
> > > >      Fastware B.V.
> > > >      Auvergnestraat 4
> > > >      4611LN BERGEN OP ZOOM
> > > >      Netherlands

> > > >   Date out of quarantine: 2010-10-02

> > > >   Record maintained: NL Domain Registry

> > > >   Copyright notice
> > > >   [...]
> > > >   not registered
> > > >   available

> > > > Maybe it´s a bug of the .NL-Parser?

> > > > Since I am using Ruby-Whois in a production environment, I would
> > > > really appreciate your help!

> > > > Regards,
> > > > Benjamin

> > --
> > Simone Carletti
> > Application Developer

> > Site & Blog:http://www.simonecarletti.com
> > Email: wep...@weppos.net
> > LinkedIn:http://linkedin.com/in/weppos
> > Skype: weppos

> Please give it a try and let me know if it works.

> -- Simone

> On Aug 25, 1:00 pm, groe <mailtog...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hi Simone,

> > thank you very much for your response!

> > Actually I don´t even need to separate between status "registered" and
> > "quarantine" in my application, so your partial fix sounds very good
> > to me :)

> > Let me know if I can help you any further.

> > Regards,
> > Benjamin

> > On Aug 25, 12:00 pm, Simone Carletti <wep...@weppos.net> wrote:

> > > Hello Benjamin,

> > > Thank you very much for your report. This is definitely a parser issue that
> > > needs to be fixed.
> > > Unfortunately, each registry has its own domain statuses and dealing with
> > > all of them is a real pain.

> > > I searched for more information about the Quarantine Status and I created a
> > > ticket to implement the feature.http://github.com/weppos/whois/issues/issue/33

> > > This issue also fall into the case ofhttp://github.com/weppos/whois/issues/issue/2

> > > Unfortunately, this is a quite large ticket to add and at the moment I don't
> > > have much time to work on it.
> > > However, the good news is that I can implement a partial fix as I did for
> > > other parsers.

> > > After the changes:

> > >    1. a call to #status will return one of the following symbols:
> > >    registered, available, quarantine
> > >    2. a call to #registered? for a quarantine or registered domain will
> > >    return true, false otherwise
> > >    3. a call to #available? for a quarantine or registered domain will
> > >    return false, true otherwise

> > > Let me know if it sounds good for you.

> > > -- Simone

> > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:16 AM, groe <mailtog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Oh, I forgot. I am using Ruby 1.8.7, whois 1.3.0 via gem in Ubuntu
> > > > x64.

> > > > Regards,
> > > > Benjamin

> > > > On Aug 25, 10:54 am, groe <mailtog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hello,

> > > > > I noticed that Ruby-Whois detected lots of .NL-domains as "available"
> > > > > that actually are not. Example:

> > > > > whoistest.rb:
> > > > >   require "rubygems"
> > > > >   require "whois"

> > > > >   whoisClient = Whois::Client.new(:timeout => 60)
> > > > >   whois = whoisClient.query("martijn-webdesign.nl")

> > > > >   puts whois
> > > > >   puts whois.registered? ? "registered" : "not registered"
> > > > >   puts whois.available? ? "available" : "not available"

> > > > > Result:
> > > > >   Domain name: martijn-webdesign.nl
> > > > >   Status:      in quarantine

> > > > >   Last registrar:
> > > > >      Fastware B.V.
> > > > >      Auvergnestraat 4
> > > > >      4611LN BERGEN OP ZOOM
> > > > >      Netherlands

> > > > >   Date out of quarantine: 2010-10-02

> > > > >   Record maintained: NL Domain Registry

> > > > >   Copyright notice
> > > > >   [...]
> > > > >   not registered
> > > > >   available

> > > > > Maybe it´s a bug of the .NL-Parser?

> > > > > Since I am using Ruby-Whois in a production environment, I would
> > > > > really appreciate your help!

> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Benjamin

> > > --
> > > Simone Carletti
> > > Application Developer

> > > Site & Blog:http://www.simonecarletti.com
> > > Email: wep...@weppos.net
> > > LinkedIn:http://linkedin.com/in/weppos
> > > Skype: weppos