[44net] Proposal for Cleaning up ampr.org DNS file

All, I've hacked together a script that goes through the ampr.org DNS zone file and pulls out callsigns and related A, CNAME, and MX records. Example: CALL: N0SFH dhcp-20.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.20 dhcp-21.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.21 dhcp-22.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.22 dhcp-23.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.23 dhcp-24.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.24 dhcp-25.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.25 dhcp-26.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.26 dhcp-27.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.27 dhcp-28.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.28 dhcp-29.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.29 dhcp-30.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.30 gw.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.1 n0sfh-1 IN A 44.50.192.5 Line count= 13 I could take the call signs and run them against QRZ.com (I have a XML subscription) and/or the Radio Amateur Call Book Data (The "Flying Horse" CD - I'm willing to buy the data). I could use that data to 1) determine if the call sign was still active 2) try to find an e-mail address associated with the call sign. I could then attempt to send an e-mail message asking the call sign owner to update their DNS entries via the portal. In the e-mail we could give the call sign owner 60-90 days to update their DNS entries or they would be deleted. I came up with 17899 potential call signs in the zone file. I would need: 1. Permission from the ARDC to send e-mails on its behalf. 2. A way to whittle down the file further, if possible. 3. Volunteers to translate the notification e-mail into multiple languages. 4. Someone who has an ISP or mail host willing to allow the sending of 10's of thousands of e-mails without it getting flagged as SPAM (I would want to try and contact each call sign owner with a valid e-mail at least three times before the deadline). 5. Access to the portal's DNS database to determine if someone registered their entries. Thoughts? -Neil -- Neil Johnson