Quoting David Jones on Thursday August 17, 2006:
| 
| Here is my theory,
| 
| the only way of monitoring a domain prior to expiry
| (that I know) is through the whois data.
| Allowed queries = 20/hr

Your theory falls apart here. Queries for domain social data
are restricted, queries for domain availability are not. Use
whois-check.ausregistry.net.au:43 instead of the regular host
and make your own drop-catcher.

kim