The account fork operation can be used to move some of the domain names on an account to a copy of that account.
Instructions
- Send to the appropriate address.
- Use a subject line of Tag Fork.
- Use account-id: to specify the account to be forked followed by key: fields listing the domain names to be moved to the new copy of the account.
Operation template
operation: fork
account-id:
key:
key:
...
Reply template
Subject: Re: ACK TAG Fork
Your message has been processed by the UK NIC automated DNS
delegation system. The required additions/changes have been
made to the database and will become visible in the zone file within
thirty minutes.
The following identifiers were created as part of your Fork:
Account:
Main Admin Contact: ..
...
Regards
Nominet
Your original message follows
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operation: fork
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Notes
- The identifiers of the newly forked account and its contacts are included in the response.