checkDomAvail
This simple routine checks domain availability from whois and notify it to a mail address using local or external smtp (with swaks).
The scope is to be immediately aware of the availability of a domain to avoid it to be stolen from web shark company.
prerequisites:
packages whois, swaks (if sending through external authenticated smtp)
configured mta if send locally with mail -s
INSTRUCTIONS:
- put the script in /usr/local/bin/
- it must be executable: chmod +x /usr/...
- schedule it: crontab -e and add the line
"01 */4 * * * /usr/local/bin/checkDomAvail.sh"
to check every 4 hours
- if you use local mta without auth, see instructions at the end of the script
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