Laurent Daudelin writes: >On 30/05/02 09:26, "Dan Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sometime yesterday, Vicente Peiro Crespo of Valencia, Spain, used Dotster >> to wrest control of the slashdot.com domain.... > >How did you discover about Vicente Peiro Crespo being responsible? Before >sending him an email, I'd like more details. There was nothing on SlashDot >that mention this individual.
Posted in one of the forums -- and available for all the world to see on the Verisign site: <http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=macslash.com&SearchType=d o> Bob (Grizzlygiant) writes: >> At this point, all attempts to contact Dotster to fix this have been >> ignored and the MacSlash site is inaccessible in most of the world. > >Aren't we jumping the gun here? What makes anyone certain that Dotster >has been ignoring attempts to contact them to "fix" this problem? The folks who run MacSlash were reporting on various sites covering the issue that Dotster had not replied to any of their attempted contacts. Philip Stortz writes: >given macsters response, can we have some verification that macslash >didn't expire and become fair game? At this point, things get even messier. It looks like the reason Crespo was able to take over the macslash.com domain was that it expired. And why did it expire? Because Apple rejected renewal notices from MacSlash's registrar as spam. Makes you want to think twice about using a mac.com email address for anything business related. (For the record, Apple didn't tell users when they signed up that email was filtered, so Ben should have had every reason to expect messages from his registrar to reach him.) Regardless, I think it's unconscionable for a registrar to make an active domain name available immediately upon expiration. There should be some sort of grace period during which they attempt to use the owner's snail mail address or phone number -- or even visit the site in an attempt to contact them. MacSlash is now up and running at <http://macslash.org/>. We're updating all links on LEM to use the new domain. BTW, after following this mess, I renewed lowendmac.com for the next five years with my registrar (AITDomains.com) -- even though it wasn't coming up for renewal until August. Far better safe than sorry in this case. Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization. -- Petronius -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
