MacSlash Up at macslash.org

M. Uli Kusterer writes "After the recent problems with its .com domain expiring and the notice from dotster being eaten by mac.com's over-eager spam filter, MacSlash now has registered the www.macslash.org domain. So, tell your friends and surf over there again :-)" It came back up for me over the weekend. Read of the events that led up to this. The short of it: mac.com, without MacSlash's knowledge, filtered as spam their domain renewal notice, and someone swiped the domain when it expired.

Comments

yet another downside of spam...

[j-turkey]

...legitimate email being eaten up by anti-spam filters.


-Turkey

Re:Is this really very news worthy?

[Dephex Twin]

Let's move on with talking about the Mac platform, not the missteps of a website that talks about the Mac platform.

Why the heck shouldn't he mention where MacSlash has been relocated? A site that talks about Apple isn't close enough to "Apple" to be mentioned? Why does the subject matter have to be strictly the Mac platform and nothing in the periphery?

Get over it!

mark

sounds like incompetence oh behalf of the owner

[azosx]

Did USPS happen to gobble up the paper renewal forms as well? I find it hard to believe he wasn't mailed any. I've read over all the information presented by MacSlash and it would seem the blame falls upon the owner, not anyone else, because of his irresponsibility as the head of the company. I own several bars, and by not renewing the liquor license on time, I could be subject to thousands of dollars in penalties and fines, despite whether I received renewal information or not. He should have known his "rent was up" so to say. Perhaps this is a valuable lesson he can learn from in the future.

Troll this down all you want, it's just my 2c.

Cut 'em some slack

[coolgeek]

I've got my issues with MacSlash letting heavy-handed moderators run rampant. That said, I also want to say I think they deserve a little break here. I get the impression that MacSlash is more of a hobby for the guys involved; I don't believe they are fortunate enough to be able to turn it into their "Day Job", like the /. crew.

Pointing fingers at them for malfeasance is a bit of an overreaction. These guys have been providing a service to the Mac community, and IMO, thanking them is more appropriate. And what about the individual that acquired the macslash.com domain? His/her actions are akin to keeping the wallet they found even though the rightful owners' address is in it.