[Sysadmin] evolters.org (Fw: Automated Reminder: Your Domain is Expiring 2004-06-16)

[David A. Ulevitch]

anybody can renew a domain...getting the ownership/admin stuff sorted  
out is a bit more of a pain...

you don't have to own to renew: http://www.doublewide.net/

-davidu

On Jun 17, 2004, at 10:46 AM, David Kaufman wrote:

> Just received this domain expiration notice:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: "goinhome.com" <hblair at hotfootmail.com>
> To: <treasurer at evolt.org>
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:58:39 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Automated Reminder:  Your Domain is Expiring 2004-06-16
>
> The following domain name(s) will expire in 5 DAYS:
>
> Domain Name, Expiry Date
> evolters.org, 2004-06-21
>
> ********IMPORTANT*******
> If the domain name(s) are not renewed during the next 5 days, they
> will stop working!  This WILL affect all email and websites that use
> the domain.  PLEASE RENEW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to avoid disruption to
> your service.***
>
> Thank you
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> i'm not sure how to go about renewing this domain name which is due to
> expire in a few days, though.  i register all my domains (about 60 of
> them currently) through an OpenSRS reseller also, but this one may be
> defunct.
>
> the message is "from" goinhome.com, which just means that this is the
> "from name" used by the OpenSRS reseller.  OpenSRS sends these renewal
> notices on behalf of their resellers (they forge the From: address).
>
> i assumed goinhome.com (Linda Goin, according to the contact page on  
> the
> site) was probably a helpful evolt member through whom we registered  
> the
> domain, right?  but the "web hosting" link on her site points to
> http://hotfootmail.com/ which is also in the from *address* on the
> expiration message above <hblair at hotfootmail.com> which, now i do seem
> to remember as being an evolter, and sure enough:
>
> whois hblair at hotfootmail.com?
> http://gigawatt.com/whois.cgi?domain=hotfootmail.com
>
> J B Consulting Group, Schaumburg, Illinois
> Admin Contact: Blair, Hugh <hblair at hotfootmail.com>
>
> so Hugh is the evolt member that registered it... but, following the
> "Domains" link on HotFootMail.com led me to the fact that
> "HotFootMail.com registers domains through http://wholesalenics.net/"  
> so
> *finally* HERE is the reseller to whom we must make payment immediately
> to keep the domain from expiring, right?
>
> however, the "Renew" link on the http://wholesalenics.net/ website is a
> broken link to the fourth breadcrumb in the (now cold) trail to our
> OpenSRS reseller, apparently domainwizardry.com:
> https://www.domainwizardry.com/cgi-bin/wholerenew.cgi? 
> affiliate_id=wholesalenics
>
> while that link is broken from Hugh's site to DomainWizardry's SSL
> server, following the chain of command from www.domainwizardry.com, i
> can find a different renew domains link, but it wants evolt's credit
> card number and isn't even on domainwizardry.com's server, but rather
> a domainwizardry subdomain on myhostpanel.net:
> https://domainwizardry.myhostpanel.net/renewal.html {sigh}
>
> so now i'm not sure if the reseller is domainwizardry.com or
> Hugh's wholesalenics.net. and if i renew the domain on the wrong
> reseller's site, if it will even work ?!
>
> without a definitive reply from here regarding what/who/where to renew
> this domain (assuming we *do* want to renew it) my preferred plan of
> action would be to, in the interests of timeliness, transfer the domain
> to a different OpenSRS reseller that i know is "active" and operating,
> and will immediately effect the renewal.  the admin email address of
> evolters.org points to treasurer at evolt.org so i know i can approve
> such a transfer.
>
> any suggestions would be much appreciated...
>
> thanks!
>
> -dave
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> so, are we gonna get this vote on for
> the EvoltSysadmin mascot or what?
>
> !DSPAM:40d1d8e6253031211511504!
>
>
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