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-rw-r--r--lisp/net/net-utils.el8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/net/net-utils.el b/lisp/net/net-utils.el
index 86bab7b20c5..6a1c1bca8c0 100644
--- a/lisp/net/net-utils.el
+++ b/lisp/net/net-utils.el
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ queries of the form USER@HOST, and wants a query containing USER only."
(defcustom whois-server-list
'(("whois.arin.net") ; Networks, ASN's, and related POC's (numbers)
("rs.internic.net") ; domain related info
+ ("whois.publicinterestregistry.net")
("whois.abuse.net")
("whois.apnic.net")
("nic.ddn.mil")
@@ -684,9 +685,12 @@ queries of the form USER@HOST, and wants a query containing USER only."
:group 'net-utils
:type '(repeat (list string)))
+;; FIXME: modern whois clients include a much better tld <-> whois server
+;; list, Emacs should probably avoid specifying the server as the client
+;; will DTRT anyway... -rfr
(defcustom whois-server-tld
'(("rs.internic.net" . "com")
- ("rs.internic.net" . "org")
+ ("whois.publicinterestregistry.net" . "org")
("whois.ripe.net" . "be")
("whois.ripe.net" . "de")
("whois.ripe.net" . "dk")
@@ -707,7 +711,7 @@ queries of the form USER@HOST, and wants a query containing USER only."
(defcustom whois-guess-server t
"If non-nil then whois will try to deduce the appropriate whois
server from the query. If the query doesn't look like a domain or hostname
-then the server named by whois-server-name is used."
+then the server named by `whois-server-name' is used."
:group 'net-utils
:type 'boolean)