On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 07:02:07 -0800 Andrew Grimberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 02:26 -0600, Paul Stejskal wrote: > > Ok raster, I'm lost as to the reference to Mandrake. Of course it IS > > 2:20 AM hehe. > > Paul > > Mandrake owns the domain name according to whois, ergo you would have to > be mandrake to update or sell the domain. > > Raster, why don't you contact mandrake and see if he'll give / sell you > rights to the domain? I'm sure folks would be willing to chip in if > needed (at least I would). we have done that. well tried. nobody knows where he is. how to contact him by phone, fax, email, snail-mail or any other means. short of hiring private detectives as as david mentions, we have done everything we can. mandrake has nothing to do with the distribution. he used that nickname long before mandrake (the distro) existed. he owns mandrake.net - which is dead as such (no live server answering - sure something is there but its likely just a recycled machine. his mailserver is dead - it has been for a long time now, website, location in the real world is unknown by anyone i know who knows/has known him). the domain has expired - it expired nov 8 2005. only he can renew it as he is the previous owner and he never granted any admin rights to anyone else (ie put them on the contact list). the domain is in "grace period" which means that its practically dead, just being held in case the previous owner wants it back at a extra fee. it will remain so until grace period expires then the domain will be deleted officially and then it will be open for taking again. unless someone has pull with icann or major domain registries (tucows is the sposoring registrar) and can basically get it pulled form grace perido and allow us to re-register it despite the list of stupid rules they have (which make no sense as the contact info for the domain is bogus - email included as it simply bounces with no MX). beyond pulling stings/favors or hiring a private detective to find mandrake - we can do nothing but wait. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
