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Some Hope During Registerfly's Meltdown

Posted by kdawson on from the back-doors dept.

hookmeister writes "If you registered your domain at Registerfly.com, then you should know it may be locked, and you are at the moment unable to access it through Registerfly's website (video). You may even be unable to renew your domain because it has expired into a status known as 'redemption' through no fault of your own. By all accounts there are just under 2 million domains at risk here. Enom dumped them as a reseller; their SSL cert has expired; it's a mess. Fortunately the principals in this are trying to restore order. The external website registerflies.com, originally crafted as a gripe-zone and forum for Registerfly users, has gotten inside the ranks of the post-shakup Registerfly management, made some friends and connections, and is creating a back-door problem-reporting form that goes directly to those who can correct a domain problem. The official Registerfly support ticketing system remains clogged with thousands of unanswered complaints."

123 comments

  1. Registerfly? by zaydana · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Excuse my ignorance, but what actually happened in the first place? I'm kinda confused as to what has happened to registerfly? I'm presuming its a registrar, but that doesn't actually tell me all that much...

    1. Re:Registerfly? by EvanED · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, judging by the headline, its coolant failed and it went all Chernobyl.

    2. Re:Registerfly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Registerfly used to be an eNom reseller, but recently became an independent registrar. In the process they left a large number of accounts as orphans with eNom. Those account holders, who I happen to be one of, received notices from both eNom and Registerfly several days after the accounts had been orphaned. Both companies were kind enough to offer to transfer the domain for a fee. Seems like it should be free since they decided to split their business not me. I may have to split after this treatment.

    3. Re:Registerfly? by hookmeister · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes Registerfly is Domain name regisration company. like Network Solutions, and GoDaddy.com ... when the post was written, registerfly's site was still up , so i assumed it would be self eveident to anyone not already aware but curious about it. -- Now www.regsiterfly.com is down because the 2 guys from inside the company that can fix it, are fixing it, right at the datacenter. ( they had to lock out one of the partners first, that guy was the one causing all the trouble) its a long story.

      best read for the moment can be found here http://registerflies.com/welcome-to-the-registerfl y-gripe-site-6.html

      A lot of people have been burned by the circumstances leading up to this.

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    4. Re:Registerfly? by Talez · · Score: 2, Informative

      To do a transfer between registrars you need to add a year to the registration term and charge another year of rego:

      From the Policy on Transfer of Registrations between Registrars:

      8. Effect on Term of Registration

      The completion by Registry Operator of a holder-authorized transfer under this Part A shall result in a one-year extension of the existing registration, provided that in no event shall the total unexpired term of a registration exceed ten (10) years.

      eNorm shouldn't be charging for transfers though since the Registrar of Record should remain unchanged.

    5. Re:Registerfly? by AlHunt · · Score: 4, Informative

      Both companies were kind enough to offer to transfer the domain for a fee.

      Actually, at some point enom was offering to allow registerfly customers to become enom.com customers at no cost:
      scroll down about 2/3 of the way and see the section "OPTION 1".
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    6. Re:Registerfly? by cmacb · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I remember getting burned a few years ago by a hosting company. I had every reason to believe from their website that they were a good sized outfit that was a subsidiary to one of the local phone companies in Florida. All the photos of their "datacenter" were so convincing, and in fact for a couple of years the services was quite OK. But then screwy things started happening that should have shouted out to me: "This company is operating on a shoestring budget in some kids parent's basement!".

      Actually it turned out to be a small warehouse office space with a few servers and high school drop-outs for staff. The tie-in with the phone company was total BS and some sleuthing revealed that the other family business was closer to being a fertilizer business (no really!) than anything else. I got off that system just in time. I lost some things, but not much, people who waited a bit longer lost everything including access to their domains etc.

      When I looked for a replacement I was much more careful to look for telltale signs that it was the same kind of, for lack of a better term "soft-fraud" operation. I think I got pretty good at it, but what scared me was the percentage of fairly well known companies that were using the same boilerplate text and generic graphics of their facilities. One thing I especially looked for was if no actual peoples names appeared on the web site. Big companies have "Chairmen" and "CEOs" who love to get their pictures on the corporate web site. These fly-by-night outfits on the other hand just have support contact numbers that go to an answering machine and not indication that anyone associated with the company wants their actual name to show up anywhere. You have to wonder why. Or maybe you don't.

      I'm almost positive that Registerfly (and I think they had a hosting come-on too) was one of these fairly obvious scam operations. I'm SOOOO glad I stayed away.

      My hope is that in the not too distant future Google and some other big names will get into the free-to-low-cost hosting and registration business and put these low-life vermin out of our misery.

    7. Re:Registerfly? by cheater512 · · Score: 1

      Actually enom has taken over most of the domains for free.

      Registerfly was trying to get everyone to transfer back at a discounted price.

      I didnt have to pay a cent and the enom staff have been rather helpful.

    8. Re:Registerfly? by binarybum · · Score: 1

      Registerfly management, made some friends and connections, and is creating a back-door problem-reporting form

              this is what happens when you make too many "friends and connections" -- you end up with a back-door problem. happens all the time.

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    9. Re:Registerfly? by FLEB · · Score: 1

      Been there, done that. The host I was on started getting more and more downtimes, dropping features ("We got hacked, so your SSH is turned off. I know you paid for it, but it's not coming back. Thanks for using superuser.net!") and the one man in the one-man show started getting surlier and less responsive as time went on. It turns out, this guy's widely known to bad-mouth former customers who give him bad reviews on other sites, as well. Luckily, with the help of the registrar (http://www.dotreg.com - recommended) and the old dialup company I was on when I signed up for the domain name (http://www.triton.net - also recommended if, for some reason, you need dialup in the Grand Rapids, MI area), I ended up switching servers. I'm pretty happy with the one I'm on now (http://www.a2hosting.com), that I found on the Ruby on Rails list (of course, I still haven't done any RoR, but that's irrelevant), and it's an extra plus, since they're only located about 200mi away, so it's a fast connection for my fellow locals.

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  2. I was one of those people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Enom sent out a rather vague email that sounded a bit like spam when I first read it. They told me how I needed to transfer my domain... blah blah blah. Then a day or so later, I received a notice from registerfly that this previous email spoke truth. Registerfly also wants me to spend money on domains that I have already "paid up" on so to speak. I'm not making a move on this until I see what is coming of it. I may go to someone else entirely. I just keep wondering - why did they make a change effective Feb. 1, 2007, yet take until Feb. 6, 2007 to notify me of something they had been planning for a year or longer?

    1. Re:I was one of those people by Rakishi · · Score: 3, Insightful

      To prevent you from having as many options and thus being as likely to switch to another registrar as soon as you heard what was coming?

    2. Re:I was one of those people by cheater512 · · Score: 2

      Just so you know, Currently Enom has your domains. You dont need to pay them a thing by doing what their email says.

      You *have* to do what the email says to transfer elsewhere I think anyway.
      Until you do so the domains arent associated with any account.

    3. Re:I was one of those people by jigsaw+hc · · Score: 1

      At least you received the emails. Registerfly had my email wrong in my WHOIS information (even though it was correct on my account) so I never got the email. My hosting was through RegisterFly too and it went down for a few days. It was when I was looking into that issue that I found out about the Enom stuff. After calling both companies and finding I could push my domain to eNom for free. I called eNom and they did the whole processes while I was on the phone. RegisterFly tried to charge me transfer my domain back to them. Once I got it pushed to eNom I then proceeded to transfer my domain and hosting to GoDaddy. I have a full write-up of my account here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/352bwj

    4. Re:I was one of those people by hookmeister · · Score: 1

      Yes We have come to realize that Kevin Medina apparently re-locked domains that had been unlocked by the user. It has been said that his intent was to prevent any further loss of domains. Then he cut the connection in the control panel backend that allows DNS changes. As of today that is still the situation. Hopefully this will resolve soon.

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    5. Re:I was one of those people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The two "good guys" at RF are now trying to fix the mess that the "bad guy" left behind. So, in all these years of complains about RF's irregularities to the ICANN, these modern "blessed souls" were completely absent on what was going on inside their own organization? And here comes eNom to try to rescue us from the hell of one of their former star resellers?
      After a 2 weeks of lost emails, site traffic and revenue due to their creative break-up?

      Registerfly has still to publicly apologize to their customers and establish a clear action list.
      eNom are opportunists, tryinig to take advantage of real estate that is not theirs.
      And ICANN has to take action as to preserve the ownership of domain names to those regsitrants that could not renew due to this gigantic fiasco.
      They should freeze all domains expiring from NOW for the next 60 days until the renewal issue is cleared and conduct an audit of all domains lost due to the fraudulent behaviour of RF's top management.

      And if ít's proven that "bad K" commited fraud, initiate actions to get his sorry but to jail. Maybe that way he might understand what taking away relly means.

    6. Re:I was one of those people by epic59 · · Score: 1

      back in october of 2004 i attempted to transfer FROM registerfly to another registrar. Which required my whois information to be correct. I had moved since then, and also had a new email address... So i change my whois info. waited the 72 hours like they said to. nothing. called them. spent a hour on the phone with a rep, who ALSO changed my whois information. He said wait 72 hours and it should be up to date. Long story short, after better than 2 years, 3 complaints to icann and 6 more tries to change my whois information, ITS STILL NOT RIGHT.

  3. Are there any... by Bin_jammin · · Score: 1

    big domains hosted there that this will cause to expire? I could use a couple hundred-thou extra spending money.

    1. Re:Are there any... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There a few Scientology-related:
      fmgracing.com the Dianetics racing team
      psychcrime.com CCHR anti-psychiatry
      somethingcanbedone.com celebrity auction
      therazzline.net General "Theta" commline

  4. These guys should not be in business by felix9x · · Score: 1

    Registerfly has horible service I dont know how they are even in business.
    Their software does not work at all.

    I had 2 big issues:
    1. One of the domains I owned just disappeared from my account. After man minutes on the phone it was restored.
    2. When I tried to pay to renew did not seem to work. The credit card submit page just died on you. I tried again. Later got a failure notice in the email and my credit card was charged twice.

    Thankfully switched in time

  5. Simply awesome by jyoull · · Score: 4, Informative

    They ripped me off for the price of two transfers-in that never happened ($15) then when I disputed the charges on the credit card (the money was charged but never refunded), RegisterFly "seized" a dozen totally diffent paid-up domains of mine and marked them "fraudulent," taking them offline with no notice.

    These domains were completely unrelated to the two that were never transferred in but for which I was billed. RegisterFly staff called me names on the phone, and finally handed them back in exchange for my payment of a $75 ransom over their threats that if I didn't pay up, they'd sell them, as was their "right" under their unconscionable contract terms.

    I hope everyone affiliated with running the scam known as Registerfly burns in hell.. and my friends who didn't listen to my advice to get out of their while they still could: sorry suckers, but i tried to warn you.

    1. Re:Simply awesome by mike2R · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Just curious, but there seem to be a number of posts about these guys playing fast and loose with peoples credit cards; has anyone tried to complain to whoever provides their card services (or Visa/MasterCard directly)? What parent describes is a blatant violation of the contract they will have signed to allow them to accept card payments, and the card companies and merchant services providers have very little patience for small businesses doing this sort of thing.

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    2. Re:Simply awesome by jyoull · · Score: 1

      I have been a credit card merchant from time to time (direct contracts, not through some middleman like Paypal) and I know the rules fairly well.

      The card company didn't even question my dispute of the charges. In fact, the service agent went out of her way to mention that with "this vendor" they don't even give them a change before processing the dispute to let them "prove" the billings were legit.. because there were so many chargebacks against their account.

      Here I should point out that chargebacks could be the result of bad conduct by RegisterFly, or could be the result of frauds against them. I suppose there could be a lot of fraud in domain name buying, considering the virtual nature of the transactions.

      So the card company did all that it could, short of terminating their card processing agreement... I think this happens to very small merchants, but doesn't seem to happen to any very large merchants, unfortunately.

      Chargebacks aren't free, so it did get their attention... at which point they seized my property - the other domains - and threatened to sell or cancel them unless I paid a ransom immediately.

      I think the greater crime here was the taking of the domains, even though they were paid up and entirely uninvolved in the disputed transactions. I would have liked to have pursued this in the New Jersey courts, but really didn't have time to take it up at the time. I was just thinking about this the other day. Maybe I should re-visit the issue.

      I believe that "taking" of this nature is illegal and would have liked to have had a day in court to find out for sure.

    3. Re:Simply awesome by mike2R · · Score: 1

      I think the greater crime here was the taking of the domains, even though they were paid up and entirely uninvolved in the disputed transactions. I would have liked to have pursued this in the New Jersey courts, but really didn't have time to take it up at the time. I was just thinking about this the other day. Maybe I should re-visit the issue.

      I believe that "taking" of this nature is illegal and would have liked to have had a day in court to find out for sure.

      I completely agree. This is what I meant by blatantly infringing the terms of service of their merchant services provider - you simply can't levee additional charges on a customer to compensate you for a chargeback; you have to seek legal redress if you lose the arbitration.

      To be honest I'd never heard of registerfly before this slashdot story, and I had the impression they were smaller than they are. All I know is that if we tried to pull a stunt like that we'd probably now be looking to integrate a "pay by cheque" method into our carts..

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  6. Any recommended registrars out there? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    After the GoDaddy debacle, I tried to transfer my domains to Domainsite.com but they appear to be drunk at the moment (they cancelled my transfers and then sent me a notice that my refund failed - I've been calling and emailing for weeks now with no response).

    What is a reasonable registrar, these days?

    1. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by Rakishi · · Score: 1

      What GoDaddy debacle? I'm curious as I have domains registered with them.

    2. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by daeg · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Read: http://nodaddy.com/

      In short: Some guy was hosting automated archives of mailing lists. Someone sent a list of MySpace usernames and passwords through the list, which were automatically archived. MySpace threw a hissy fit. Instead of filing any legal paperwork, or even bothering to contact the owner, they went straight to GoDaddy and said "This site is hosting illegal content. Pull it down." GoDaddy complied, no questions asked. GoDaddy didn't contact the owner, either.

      Note: the site wasn't even hosted with GoDaddy. GoDaddy was merely the registrar.

    3. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by cheater512 · · Score: 1

      I'm moving all my domains to my DirectI reseller account.
      Seems to be reliable and dirt cheap. $6.99. :D

    4. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I have been happy with gandi.net for years!

    5. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by jrockway · · Score: 1

      > What is a reasonable registrar, these days?

      I use DynDNS. I haven't had any problems with their domain registration (or hosting) services. Their refund policy is pretty good; pro-rated, no questions asked.

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    6. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


      Cheap and reliable - Just works.
      Don't expect much in the way of support, but you won't need it as it just works.
      EURO 1.25 a month for hosting obviously won't buy any support worth mentioning.
      Run by Danish people who don't do drugs and thus have insatiable needs for money.
      They might however have a taste for Canadian Whisky and Cuban cigars :-) - Affordable :-)

      My choice:

      www.one.com

    7. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by aymanh · · Score: 1

      Any recommended registrars out there?

      We had an AskSlashdot about this recently. Personally, I use and recommend NameCheap which is another eNom reseller. This is mainly because of their clean control panel and low prices.
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    8. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by WhiteWolf666 · · Score: 1

      Try dreamhost.com

      Excellent support, even through all the various hardware related issues they had 6 months or so. They definitely have a small company feel (meaning things do go wrong at times), but they fix issues _very_ quickly, they will refund your money if you are unhappy, and their support is just excellent cross the board.

      Give them a try. I know lots of people have been upset with them because of their hosting issues, but as far as I'm concerned, although they are not perfect, they put a lot of effort into their customers; and this is something I value more than other aspects of their service.

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    9. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by gasmasher · · Score: 1

      I have had serious problems with DirectI in the past. About 60 of my domains were lost in the crapfest that happened between them and Dodora Domains. Their "support" informed me that it was probably something I did wrong and that meant it was my problem, not theirs.

    10. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by dknj · · Score: 1

      Joker

    11. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by 8-bitDesigner · · Score: 1

      If you're just going to redirect the nameservers to your webhost, I'd highly recommend Yahoo Small Business. Seriously, $10 a year, and the service has been pretty top notch compared to the other registrars I've dealt with.

      If you do any web design/development, I'd also recommend Dreamhost. They're a reluctant registrar, as they mostly provide it as a service to bolster their website hosting business, but their support is very good.

    12. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by jason+ward · · Score: 1

      I'd give EasyDNS a high personal ranking. They're not cheap, but they do seem to know their stuff.

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    13. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by jyoull · · Score: 1

      Good luck if you ever want to move a domain OUT Of yahoo.

      Also, they require you to put a credit card on file, and there is no way to remove the card from your account unless you "cancel all services" beforehand... including domain hosting.

      so, that's nuts.

      There also (as of the time I finally got some domains out of there) was no way to NOT automatically renew a domain registration... and this happens somewhere around 30+ days before expiration, no way to turn it off unless you've managed to transfer it out before then.

      And their control panel for domain registration is completely nonsensical, like it was designed from people who had never seen either Yahoo or domain registration process before building it. If you want a Yahoo-centered world, it might make sense. Then again, don't get stuck in there like a few of my domains did.

      Anyway, not friendly.

    14. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by Reaperducer · · Score: 1

      What is a reasonable registrar, these days?
      I use DirectNIC out of New Orleans. Prices aren't the cheapest in the world ($15), but more and more people these days are learning -- you get what you pay for.
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    15. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by multipartmixed · · Score: 1

      I use my local ISP as my registrar.

      They are more expensive than GoDaddy (by a significant amount), but my domains are valuable to me. And if they ever mess up my domains, there is a real brick-and-mortar building I can go to, with a real flesh-and-blood geek I can beat up.

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    16. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by kindbud · · Score: 1

      I've had zero trouble with Register.com for my personal domains since 1996. Their spin-off CSC Corporate Domains is entrusted with my employer's domains, and in my role as Hostmaster I couldn't be happier with them. At CSC we have an assigned customer service rep who always handles our issues, but frankly, I hardly ever have to call them because Nameconsole2, their web-based control panel, does everything: registrant name changes, transfers in/out, ccTLDs, IDN, you name it (however, it is awkward to use and only works in IE). I don't know how "large" a customer you need to be to get on CSC Corporate domains, but then I've never had a problem with parent company Register.com for my personal domains. I'm paid up into the next decade, use their nameservers, and I have no plans for leaving. I do wish they'd allow TXT records in their consumer-level web interface though.

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    17. Re:Any recommended registrars out there? by Ecuador · · Score: 1

      For many years I have used domaininvestigator.com and 1and1.com for several domains (the ones on 1and1 are also hosted by them). Never a problem so far, and I haven't heard about them doing anything immoral or "shady" like godaddy, network solutions etc.

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  7. Well by sulli · · Score: 2, Informative

    Should have stuck with Network Solutions, then! I always say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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    1. Re:Well by robogun · · Score: 1

      I hope so, we have a 100 year reg with them.

    2. Re:Well by Apple+Acolyte · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I hope this post was a joke, but if it wasn't everyone who is currently with Network Solutions should know what kind of company it is. You can read all about it on various sites, or you can read my personal horror story with NetSol. NetSol stinks.

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    3. Re:Well by Linkin99 · · Score: 1

      I kindly refer to them as NutSol.

  8. What Happened? by Mysteerie · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From what I heard Kevin Medina was fired (one of the partners) of Register Fly. Obviously, disgruntled about bieng forced out, decided to mess with the backend systems of registerfly. Thus thier own support department wasn't able to access thier systems to correct any issues, etc...

  9. Do I need to transfer right now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I know this has to be a stupid question, but I must ask it:

    Should I be transferring my registerfly domain as soon as possible? Or, is it likely registerfly will continue to stay online and perform business as usual? Luckily, I own only one domain there, for a site that gets maybe 20-30 hits a month (amazingly enough, it helps generate decent money :)

    I plan to transfer the domain out eventually, but I don't have to do that for nearly half a year more... and I'm a cheapwad :D

    1. Re:Do I need to transfer right now? by jyoull · · Score: 0, Troll

      Definitely I'd advise continuing to be a cheapwad, and then coming back to Slashdot to whine to people who can't possibly help you, about how you were "victimized."

      yes, definitely do that. It'll be amusing. Not interesting really, but amusing in an "oh there goes another cheapwad, who saw his fate in the future and ignored it" sort of way, which makes it slightly more interesting.

    2. Re:Do I need to transfer right now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Okay, I'll pre-compose my trollish whining message and make sure to print out several hard copies to post up around my monitor!

      I don't particularly care if I lose the domain -- I'll bet on registerflying maintaining some semblance of life, with the odds being someone will steal my near-valueless domain. I actually found out they suck the ass a few minutes after purchasing the domain... should have went with network solutions, eh?

  10. Enom Sucks by aldheorte · · Score: 1

    They'll apparently take anyone as a reseller. I had this same exact problem with another reseller of there's, only they also changed the legal registrant without notifying (though they claimed they did), and the domain was lost.

  11. So much for that... by bendodge · · Score: 1

    An now, after being announced on Slashdot, the backdoor support form will be clogged too.
    (I prefer Bluehost, which manages it's own hosting servers and nameservers on-site.)

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  12. Explanation:- by gigne · · Score: 5, Informative

    In case anyone has no idea what this is all about, I summarised the points:

    * Joint Director Kevin Medina was removed from the company for embezzlement of funds due to Registerfly's inability to pay it's upsream registrars.

    source http://registerflies.com/docman/cat_view.html

    complaints Filed in new Jersey:- Claims
    1) Wiring 3x $9000 to personal accounts
    2) $10000 to pay rent on apartment on a monthly basis
    3) Paying large personal credit card bills
    4) $6000 for liposuction
    5) tens of thousands on "personal spending"

    * they terminated Kevin Medina
    http://registerflies.com/docman/doc_download-5.htm l

    * Kevin Medina caused other untold system problems *not verified from any source, just speculation on registerflies

    * Registerfly seem to be concentrating on fixing this.

    Pretty confusing though.

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    1. Re:Explanation:- by multimed · · Score: 2

      When I see the comment about liposuction, I start to wonder...It just feels like a smear campaign. That said, if all or some of that stuff is true, it's still no excuse for the crap they've pulled. I don't care what backend damage he did, I waited for 2 hours to talk to a tech support person. When I did, the connection was so awful, static was fading in and out and oh by the way, I could hear parts of other people's conversations! And after all of this, of course anyone who's called them will know the answer - try again later. This former CEO may have done whatever sabotage/fraud whatever. But whoever else was running things chose to treat the customers like garbage too.

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  13. Your register fly is down by revolu7ion · · Score: 2, Funny

    So they're flying low?
    XYZ?
    Their hanger door is open?
    They've got Windows in their laptop
    We can see their Gun of Navarone?

    I have more...

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    1. Re:Your register fly is down by clickety6 · · Score: 1


      Yeah, but dead bodies don't fall out of open windows...

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  14. Long Time Coming by NilObject · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've seen this coming for a long time. I chronicled my trials and tribulations of trying to get my domain names back on my blog, which some people may find interesting:

    http://fallingbullets.com/blog/2006/dec/10/registe rfly-scam/

    Thankfully, I managed to get all my domains back.

  15. I've seen a horse fly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...I've seen a house fly, but I no nay never seen a register fly...

  16. Demand that ICANN invoke para. 3.2.3 by Animats · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's time for ICANN to invoke paragraph 3.2.3 of the Registrar Agreement. The Registrar then has ten days to provide a data dump of all their registrations, allowing bulk transfer of a failing registrar's data to another registrar.

    1. Re:Demand that ICANN invoke para. 3.2.3 by hookmeister · · Score: 1

      Update of sorts...I have it on good authority that John and Glen are meeting with ICANN today to resolve the issues caused by Kevin Medina. It should be no surprise to those that work in datacenters, that one person with all the passwords can bring down almost everything, and apparently that is what Kevin did. Violating trust in such a way as we have seen here is the worst kind of nightmare.

      www.registerflies.com - sign-up as a member and click the "Support Form" link to the upper top right of the homepage. The support form is not a "Back Door" like a hack in the way some think... its more like a way around the existing ticket system that gets important requests to the desks of people that can assist. They know that some people have lost $$ and sleep in not having their website up due to a renewal issue. The support people at the other end of this are in the USA and not outsourced.

      Please again pardon my spelling and writing, i am in a hurry once again and only trying to assist. I am not an authoritative source - just another slashdotter. ( thanks hd1080i for whipping up the clip in short order on http://charlesferri.com/ )

      Also I apologize for not taking more time on the wording of the original post writing, i was doing several things at a time and at a fast pace. Thanks out to those that fixed it up a bit for me. I am so used to whipping out log-lines for video that it has corrupted my other skills.

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  17. This is the poorest-quality slashdot post in ages. by karmaflux · · Score: 0, Troll
    No, really. Follow along with me.

    If you registered your domain at Registerfly.com, then you should know it may be locked, and you are at the moment unable to access it through Registerfly's website (video).

    This is a terrible run-on sentence. Furthermore, it's ridiculously formulated to begin with. What the hell was so wrong with "Domains registered through registerfly.com may be locked or inaccessible via their website." Furthermore, what the fuck made them post a video? Even worse: it's a shitty video. It's exactly what you feared when you saw "(video)" up there. I realize that we're all balls-deep inside each other, celebrating web 2.0, but who really needs to see a video of some guy clicking around the internet and getting error messages? Honestly, I'm flabbergasted here. I have no idea why the hell anyone would post that. This is the reason you can't get anyone to RTFA around here. The article fucking sucks.

    But let's continue:

    You may even be unable to renew your domain because it has expired into a status known as 'redemption' through no fault of your own. By all accounts there are just under 2 million domains at risk here.

    More crappy writing. Let's fix it. "Some domains cannot currently be renewed, because users must go through Registerfly to renew them. Registerfly is responsible for nearly two million domains."

    There. Isn't that better? Real information, without trying to scare idiots with big words.

    Enom dumped them as a reseller; their SSL cert has expired; it's a mess.

    The funny thing about this terrible "sentence" is that it's actually the whole story here. How sad is that? Hint to assholes: semicolons are not your playthings. That's not how you use them. Were I to retain your ugly sentence structure, it would read, "Enom dumped them as a reseller, and their SSL certificate has expired; it's a mess."

    But I won't, because that reads like shit. So, we're going to say "Registerfly and its parent company have split, and there is some doubt as to which company holds which accounts. Registerfly's SSL certificate has also expired, adding to their users' confusion."

    Fortunately the principals in this are trying to restore order.

    Oh good, the principals. Wait, what the fuck are you talking about? Nothing, that's what. This sentence doesn't even deserve to be rewritten.

    The external website registerflies.com, originally crafted as a gripe-zone and forum for Registerfly users, has gotten inside the ranks of the post-shakup Registerfly management, made some friends and connections, and is creating a back-door problem-reporting form that goes directly to those who can correct a domain problem.

    Well that's easy to read! Let's boil it down to the tasty data, keeping in mind that websites aren't people, can't make friends, and are generally not alive at all. That ought to help out the cavalier handling of grammar here. "Independent website registerflies.com, once created to host users' complaints about Registerfly's service, now contains information useful for getting domain problems solved."

    The official Registerfly support ticketing system remains clogged with thousands of unanswered complaints.

    Holy shit, a coherent and bullshit-free sentence! Let's frame it and hang it at the foot of the story! All together, now, and let's join up some of the shorter sentences:

    Domains registered through Registerfly.com may be locked or inaccessible via their website. Some domains cannot currently be renewed, because users must go through Registerfly to renew them. Registerfly, responsible for nearly two million domains, recently split with its parent company, and there is some doubt as to which company holds which accounts. Reg

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    REM Old programmers don't die. They just GOSUB without RETURN.

  18. personal experience at IYD.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There are a lot of phishy goings on in the registrar business. I'm not a squatter myself so I don't transfer domains in and out of registrars on a daily basis. I just have one domain. ItsYourDomain is where I'm at now. Haven't been screwed yet. Slightly more expensive than GoDaddy, but it seems to be run by real people. I'm sure there are some other good, maybe even better ones. Sort of like I'm not convinced bash is the best shell, but its good enough that Its not worth my time to research anything else. Unless some one were to reply to my post...

    1. Re:personal experience at IYD.com by NoTheory · · Score: 1

      Yeah, but so what? I've got like 8 domains w/ RegisterFly, and honestly i hadn't had a single problem with them ever (well there was a payment oddity, but that's cause the "country" drop down on their payment page wants the country you are submitting the form from, not the country the credit card you're using is from). I was extremely surprised to get the eNom letter notifying me that i had to transfer to them or my domains would be orphaned. I thought it was a phishing attempt at first.

      Now that it seems like RegisterFly is getting back on the right track, i'll probably stick with them for the domains that i have that are actually registered through them (and not eNom).

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      There are lives at stake here!
    2. Re:personal experience at IYD.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hello, Mr. Coward. I am representing a firm in Nigeria called www.registerBee.com. We have many good clients who like our services and we do not charge hardly anything! Please visit www.registerBee.com and enter your creditcard information and social security number along with your domain information and we will transfer your domain immediately. Salutations, Howard P. Cosell, VP Marketing, www.registerBee.com

    3. Re:personal experience at IYD.com by mrmeval · · Score: 1

      I've had dyndns for a long time now and used it for free for a while. I've registered one domain now and have had no issues.

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  19. Registerflybynight... by flyingfsck · · Score: 1

    Should have been obvious really - give a dog a bad name.

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  20. Re:This is the poorest-quality slashdot post in ag by madsheep · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Would you classify yourself as someone that has way too much free time and/or nothing better to do? I am not necessarily disagreeing with your points above, but I am actually relatively astounded you took the the time to write all of that. All that comes to mind is: Get a life you douche bag.

  21. Questions: Others? Who do you recommend? by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1

    How many other domain name registrars are equally incompetent?

    What other registrar would you recommend?

    1. Re:Questions: Others? Who do you recommend? by raju1kabir · · Score: 1

      I have used gkg.net for many years, for a number of domains. Between various clients and associates the domains would number in the hundreds. Never had any problems of any sort.

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      "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." -- GBS
    2. Re:Questions: Others? Who do you recommend? by Frank+T.+Lofaro+Jr. · · Score: 1

      Use Go Daddy.

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      Just because it CAN be done, doesn't mean it should!
    3. Re:Questions: Others? Who do you recommend? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      >Never had any problems of any sort.

      Then your opinion is useless.
      A good recomendation for a registrar or hosting provider can only come from someone who has experienced problems and had a quick, proffessional and satisfying resolution.

      Until you've experienced problems, you can't know how good they are.

    4. Re:Questions: Others? Who do you recommend? by raju1kabir · · Score: 1

      Until you've experienced problems, you can't know how good they are.

      They're good enough that I never have problems in the first place; I prefer that to having problems and getting them solved.

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      "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." -- GBS
  22. Can enom be trusted? by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can enom, and therefore enom resellers, be trusted? Did enom do anything incompetent or abusive? You seem to imply they did.

    See this recent Slashdot story with recommended domain name registrars.

  23. Re:This is the poorest-quality slashdot post in ag by Buran · · Score: 1

    And what's with all the totally unnecessary swearing?

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  24. Clueless support for .CA domains by TMacPhail · · Score: 1

    I registered a .CA domain with them and they were abolutely clueless about it. I didn't receive my inital CIRA e-mail necessary to activate the domain until I filed a support ticket for it. When I tried to renew it a year later, the renewal failed repeatedly. And instead of the support people trying to fix it, they would refund my money and tell me to try again. In several cases they charged me twice. I gave up and transfered away a couple months ago. I still had some money left in their broken 'quick checkout' system that I gave up on ever trying to recover or use. (I tried to use it to register a different domain that never worked either)

  25. Re:This is the poorest-quality slashdot post in ag by raju1kabir · · Score: 1

    What the fuck are you talking about? There is no such thing as unnecessary swearing.

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  26. Re:This is the poorest-quality slashdot post in ag by karmaflux · · Score: 1

    I swear as I like, and no, I have nothing better to do. I'm in a hospital right now, waiting, essentially, for my wife or my child to need me to do something. They're both asleep, and I'm making sure they can both stay that way as long as they like. Oer forty hours of labor has earned them that. This leaves me with down time.

    Furthermore, if anyone involved with this article -- not that there is one, except a shitty video -- would have spent the literal five minutes I spent to clean it up, it wouldn't have sucked. As it stands, it was posted to the front page of the world's most heavily trafficked technology news site, and it garnered less than fifty posts. Compare this to the average number of posts per article, and you'll see that it was in fact a terrible article.

    Bad grammar, boring content, and a half-assed editorial "policy" have combined to make this suck.

    Not that I really have to justify anything I say to you. You're either assuming I'm lying or insane at this point. So it goes.

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    REM Old programmers don't die. They just GOSUB without RETURN.

  27. Burned by triphius · · Score: 1

    I have also been burned by RegisterFly. After months of trying to negotiate with their support department over one specific domain, I had my lawyer send a demand letter... the letter was marked return to sender, the "RegisterFly Legal Department" address didn't exist or didn't accept the letter. To this day, I still have yet to regain control of this domain. I was however able to move the remainder of my domains over to eNom after this mess started happening, and they have provided me with excellent service thus far. For anyone who is interested, all the details are on my blog: http://www.tripslair.com/category/caveat-emptor/re gisterfly/

  28. why I respect PayPal by u235meltdown · · Score: 1

    While RegisterFly was still part of eNom, everything was fine and dandy. During that time they had a 800 customer support line, and were very responsive. I never had any problems with them that weren't solved in a 5-10 minute phone call.
    Later, after they became a "Certified" registrar, problems started occurring. Items I purchased in my cart charged my PayPal account, but were never actually recorded as purchases. This happened 3 times before I got ticked off and tried calling, note that they no longer had the toll free number. They had a total of around $30 unaccounted for, deducted from my PayPal account but in no form credited to my RegisterFly account.
    I called their support line, well within operating hours, and was on hold for over 5 hours one time. I never got through to a representative, after multiple days spent with hours (usually over 2 as "First in line") on hold.
    They did however respond to a "Instant Online Chat" after about 3 hours of waiting with the Java chat window open. When they did respond, they were "unable to access" my account and thus do anything about it. I was told to call again, and email sales. Neither of those worked... big surprise huh?
    Eventually I filed a PayPal dispute and they *GASP* responded to that quickly. I have been transferring over my domains as they expire, and hope that there will be no problems with that in the future.

    1. Re:why I respect PayPal by petermgreen · · Score: 1

      iirc on a transfer you have to buy an extra year but that gets added to your domains existing expiry date not to the date you made the transfer so you don't really lose anything other than a negligable ammount of interest on the money by transfering sooner rather than later.

      i've learnt the hard way that with troublesome registrars a transfer just before expiry is a bad idea for both your sanity and your chances of keeping the domain, make the transfers while you still have plenty of time left to deal with screwups.

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      note: i'm known as plugwash most places but i screwd up registering that here somehow in the past and now can't register
  29. MOD PARENT UP! by ImprovGuy · · Score: 1

    Seriously, I agree 100% with this post. Following this advice would greatly improve the quality of this site.

    Not to invoke the old "think of the children" chestnut, but... think of the children! As much as I'd like to think younger computer junkies read Charles Dickens in their spare time, the reality is that sites like this make an impression. A *little* effort in improving the writing style and grammar will have, I think, a significant positive impact.

    So think of the children in Soviet Russia beowulf ckuster profit! *iaa sux and all that.

    1. Re:MOD PARENT UP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      >> A *little* effort in improving the writing style and grammar will have,
      >> I think, a significant positive impact.

      Ahhhh... a newbie.

      Welcome to "Grammmers Anonimouse"

  30. Re:This is the poorest-quality slashdot post in ag by kv9 · · Score: 1

    Maddox, is that you?

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  31. Google free hosting already by BrittanyGites · · Score: 1

    See http://www.google.com/a/ It's got some restrictions just essentially it's free web hosting.

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    1. Re:Google free hosting already by Kalriath · · Score: 1

      See http://www.google.com/a/ It's got some restrictions just essentially it's free web hosting. No. It's beta, and they DON'T have free hosting. You do get to use Google Pages with your domain though (which is simply UNACCEPTABLE).
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  32. I recommend moving your domains elsewhere ASAP by Arrogant-Bastard · · Score: 1

    Registerfly is one the few registrars that has earned a
    blacklist-on-sight policy for any domain registered with
    it. Their complete failure to take any action against any
    domain -- for spamming, spyware, phishing, and worse --
    indicates to me that the registrar is run by incompetent amateurs.

    I won't recommend another registrar because I don't want
    it to seem like I'm shillling for them; but I'll recommend also
    avoiding GoDaddy, Bulkregister, GKG, Nameking and Domains at Cost
    simply to avoid sending someone from frying pan to fire.

    But I don't think you can possibly do worse than Registerfly.

    1. Re:I recommend moving your domains elsewhere ASAP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I won't recommend one either, as I work for reseller.

      But I seem to remember that one is specifically allowed to transfer a domain in redemption.

      So absolutely no need to stick with either company, if your domain is affected, and you are pissed.

    2. Re:I recommend moving your domains elsewhere ASAP by nuzak · · Score: 1

      enom in general (of which RF was til recently a reseller) has been a haven for spammers -- their reputation is horrendous. There's worse though: if you really want to register and host blatant phishing domains, Yahoo seems to be the place to go.

      I used to applaud GoDaddy for how they would bring the mallet down on bulk spammer registrations, but after seeing how they behave in general now, I wouldn't trust them to tell me the time. enom's lack of action suddenly seems benign in comparison (though I still think Yahoo is criminally complicit, since it actually hosts phishers)

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    3. Re:I recommend moving your domains elsewhere ASAP by bjb · · Score: 1
      I had a problem with RegisterFly a few years ago. Through some unknown problem on their end, the hosting of my domain was off-line for WEEKS with no real response from support staff. They repeatedly told me that they were upgrading my service (and why does a server upgrade take more than 1 day?). Later the excuse was that RegisterFly was purchased by another company and they were in transition.

      Luckily, I had the domain registration with another company, so I was able after nearly a month of no service to switch hosting providers. I still have archived all the correspondence, but I basically flat out demanded my money back for such poor service to which they had some excuse or another. Another stroke of luck was that I paid via Pay Pal, so they never actually had my credit card information.

      Through this whole ordeal, I searched the internet and found that I was one of MANY people who had been screwed in one way or another by that company. Since it has been a few years, I don't recall the exact forums that I read, but there are other posts in this discussion that echo some of those issues. My experience showed that this company was very unprofessional and didn't care about the customer at all.

      I would have probably forgotten all about this company if it wasn't for the fact that somehow they think they still have me as a customer. All these years later, they still occasionally send me a letter telling me that I owe them money (note: I left before my pre-paid service was up and I never renewed) and that the message says "this is the last message you'll receive from us on the matter". Funny, I've probably received 30 over the last 2-3 years saying that.

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  33. Too many problems with others, now I use... by Dekortage · · Score: 1

    I've worked with Network Solutions, 1&1, GoDaddy, Register.com, and others... honestly I have been dissatisfied with all of them. Back in the day, Netsol was the only game in town, but that's not true anymore. But in the full range, either the service or system sucks (e.g. 1&1), it's too expensive (e.g. Netsol, Enom), or I really detest their advertising (e.g. GoDaddy).

    So now I use CheapCheap.biz for a few reasons: the prices are decent, the DNS controls are actually intelligent and usable (unlike 1&1's, for example, which are hideous), and I know the folks who founded it (so I'm happy to give them my business and promote them). Obviously you should take this with a grain of salt, but still... I don't stick with it just because I know people, but because it actually WORKS for me.

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    1. Re:Too many problems with others, now I use... by dclozier · · Score: 1

      It looks as if they are reselling for GoDaddy? I only have about 30 domains at Registerfly but I'm intending on moving them over to Dotster. (after some more searching on user experiences there)

    2. Re:Too many problems with others, now I use... by Dekortage · · Score: 1

      Hmm... I'll have to ask. I remember them mentioning a couple reseller names and they definitely didn't include GoDaddy.

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    3. Re:Too many problems with others, now I use... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Too many problems with others, now I use...(Score:2)
      by Dekortage (697532) on Tuesday February 20, @07:39AM (#18080282)
      (http://www.cheapcheap.biz/)

      [I don't like those other guys...] So now I use CheapCheap.biz [cheapcheap.biz] for a few reasons: the prices are decent, the DNS controls are actually intelligent and usable (unlike 1&1's, for example, which are hideous), and I know the folks who founded it (so I'm happy to give them my business and promote them).[...]

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      Silly Name. Serious Internet. CheapCheap.biz! [cheapcheap.biz]


      Your url and sig are both advertisements for this cheapshit.biz, and you want us to believe that these are just "some guys you know"? Seriously...

    4. Re:Too many problems with others, now I use... by Dekortage · · Score: 1

      Like it or not, it's still true. Think of it as "cause marketing" for a friend's cause (in this case, his company).

      But if it makes you happy, I've added another "cause" to my sig. Nonprofit this time. What's your favorite cause, Anonymous Coward?

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    5. Re:Too many problems with others, now I use... by Blackbrain · · Score: 1

      Yes they are reselling GoDaddy. If you look at the whois entry for cheapcheap.biz you see the following clues:

      Sponsoring Registrar: WILD WEST DOMAINS, INC.
      Name Server: NS3.SECURESERVER.NET
      Name Server: NS4.SECURESERVER.NET

      Wild West Domains and Secureserver.net are both names used by GoDaddy for their reseller programs.

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  34. Just goes to show by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 1

    you can't trust anyone with "fly" in their name.

    ...oh, wait.

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  35. InexpensiveDomains.com / AtCom Technologies next by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They are about down to their owner and drowning fast.

  36. FINALLY by screwem · · Score: 1

    They were a complete scam. I lost two business domains because of them, and got charged for the renewal at the same time. It was such a surprise to find out how easy it is these days to commit a fraud... Good lesson though.

  37. GKG by Puppet+Master · · Score: 1
    Glad I've been using GKG.NET for years.

    Their prices compare to other registrars (including GoDaddy) as far as domain names are concerned. I've never had a problem with them. They've been in business over 14 years, so if you are looking for a new registrar, give GKG.NET a try.

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  38. Registerflies.com down also? by sunset · · Score: 1

    Suddenly registerflies.com and www.registerflies.com are unresolved - or is it just me? Anyone have their IP address?

  39. Re:Registerflies.com down also? -- Not by tldagent · · Score: 1

    I'm the webmaster at Registerflies. We are not down. Just propagation of new nameservers is the issue. Please follow these instructions to view the site: Please follow these directions. The site had to be moved and you may be on the old server as the propagated nameserves haven't reached the world yet. Please follow these instructions to see the new site on the new server: You will need the domain name (eg: example.com, test.example.com) and the IP address of the target server. Make sure you close all open browser windows before doing this. Common locations of the 'hosts' file: /Windows 95/98/Me:/ *c:\windows\hosts */Windows NT/2000:/ *c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts */Windows XP (Home OR Pro):/ *c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts *(you may need administrator access for Windows NT/2000/XP) NOTE: 'hosts' is the name of the file and not another directory name. It does not have an extension (eg: .exe, .txt, .doc, etc.) 1) Copy the location to your 'hosts' file from the respective Operating System above (copy only the bold area) 2) Open Windows Notepad (Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad) 3) Click on the *File* menu and choose *Open...* 4) Paste that location into the *File name:* field and click the *Open* button 5) Start on a new line at the bottom of the file 6) Type the IP address, hit the TAB key, then type the domain* 7) Save the file and close all open browsers before attempting to browse to the domain. *You can add more than one hostname on the same line, just make sure you have at least one space or TAB in between each one. Example line: *192.168.0.10 example.com test.example.com www.example.com* This is the line you want to enter at the bottom of your file: 67.18.218.82 registerflies.com www.registerflies.com Simlpy, just browse to the proper file on your system and open it and add this line to the bottom and save. Make sure to open it in notepad. 67.18.218.82 registerflies.com www.registerflies.com

  40. Re:This is the poorest-quality slashdot post in ag by Buran · · Score: 1

    No, I just think you think swearing every other word somehow, to you, legitimizes everything you say, somehow. I don't care who's sleeping where (what does that have to do with this?). I just think that ridiculous amounts of swearing makes anything you have to say lose legitimacy.

    And no I don't have to justify anything I say to you, either. But I do think you need to grow up.

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  41. Registerflies Problems - IP Address by tldagent · · Score: 1

    Our site is not down. Been some propagation of new nameserver issues that have not fully made it to the world. We had 6 hours notice of this and registered new nameservers and moved site to dedicated server to handle the increased traffic. Below are some useful instructions.

    Please follow these directions. The site had to be moved and you may be on the old server as the propagated nameserves haven't reached the world yet.

    Please follow these instructions to see the new site on the new server:

    You will need the domain name (eg: example.com, test.example.com) and the IP address of the target server. Make sure you close all open browser windows before doing this.

    Common locations of the 'hosts' file: /Windows 95/98/Me:/ *c:\windows\hosts
    */Windows NT/2000:/ *c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    */Windows XP (Home OR Pro):/ *c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    *(you may need administrator access for Windows NT/2000/XP)

    NOTE: 'hosts' is the name of the file and not another directory name.
    It does not have an extension (eg: .exe, .txt, .doc, etc.)

    1) Copy the location to your 'hosts' file from the respective Operating System above (copy only the bold area)
    2) Open Windows Notepad (Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad)
    3) Click on the *File* menu and choose *Open...*
    4) Paste that location into the *File name:* field and click the *Open* button
    5) Start on a new line at the bottom of the file
    6) Type the IP address, hit the TAB key, then type the domain*
    7) Save the file and close all open browsers before attempting to browse to the domain.

    *You can add more than one hostname on the same line, just make sure you have at least one space or TAB in between each one.
          Example line: *192.168.0.10 example.com test.example.com www.example.com*

    This is the line you want to enter at the bottom of your file: 67.18.218.82 registerflies.com www.registerflies.com

    Simlpy, just browse to the proper file on your system and open it and add this line to the bottom and save. Make sure to open it in notepad.

    67.18.218.82 registerflies.com www.registerflies.com

    1. Re:Registerflies Problems - IP Address by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm on a MAC. How about a simple IP address?

    2. Re:Registerflies Problems - IP Address by wboelen · · Score: 1

      Step-by-step instructions... you must be new here :) More seriously: you could just post the ip address, most people here don't flip out like crazed ninjas when they aren't confronted with a couple of nice English words plus .com :) Also, I'm not going to add some random site to my hosts file for one single visit. PS: I get "Apache Is Working" on 67.18.218.82

  42. Re:This is the poorest-quality slashdot post in ag by karmaflux · · Score: 1

    There's no such thing as a "logical fallacy." A thing is either logical or fallacious, regardless of what you posted to Wikipedia. Do you really think I'm going to take style advice from someone who leads a sentence with an ellipsis? You're not sure how you'd repair it? That was made obvious when you used an en-dash in the last sentence. Good work, champ!

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  43. IP address please by tismike · · Score: 1

    This is nuts...why can't you just post the ip address of the new site? It's not 67.18.218.82. That's just a placeholder page on the server. Have you put up the content yet?

    1. Re:IP address please by sunset · · Score: 1

      You can't just browse to http://67.18.218.82/ because it's a name-based virtual host. The server will not take you to the right site without the correct name in the URL. That's why the webmaster is telling you to add the entry to your hosts file.

    2. Re:IP address please by tldagent · · Score: 1

      that's the ip address. The content is up and the site is active. Again, these nameservers were new as of 4:00pm est. yesterday.

      If you don't find my post to assist you in this useful enough, please wait 24 to 48 hours for everything to propagate through it's natural course on the net. Thank you!

  44. It seems there was a warning. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Even before this happened, someone had given a warning to get out: http://mudbytes.net/index.php?a=topic&t=333

  45. By far the worst registrar anywhere by Anamanaman · · Score: 1

    I fell for these guys because of the cheap price and over 3 years of doing business they have been the absolute worst registrar I have ever used. Switched to godaddy right after this fiasco (lost about 5 domains... dont care that much they were useless anyways). I know godaddy gets a lot of shit too, but compared to registerfly, they are like registrar angels.

    Registerfly's main problem (besides this fiasco) is their horrendously bad website. For years it took 15 seconds per page request to edit changes on a domain.

  46. What are you losers whining about? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    There is a lot of turnover in the cheap end of the business, you can't expect to pay $8 for something and have someone actually give a crap about you, your purchase or your business, in ANY business.

    Pay more to go with a stable company that actually can pay its bills and hire competent people. If you can't afford that you have no business whining about how your super duper cut rate registrar left you hanging.

  47. I moved to eNom... by leobard · · Score: 1

    I had three domains at registerfly and clicked the links provided in eNoms e-mails to registerfly accounts. They read like this: ".... registerfly is going down in flames ... click this link to move your domain to eNom .... have a nice day ... " Note that I got the e-mail only once, and the links in the e-mails contained some authorisation code that was bound to the domain names. I don't know if it is now better at eNom or if I can push the domains from eNom to somewhere else, but at least it seems I am out of registerfly ... or, am I? who knows. More thoughts in my blog. http://leobard.twoday.net/stories/3348089/

    1. Re:I moved to eNom... by leobard · · Score: 1

      Update:

      eNom also allows you to get the Auth code, and I started to move my domains. All looks fine by using eNom, but I am still curious if something goes wrong.

  48. Registerflies.com is down as of 22:30 EST 2/22/07 by lsylvain · · Score: 1

    I hope it was only due to heavy load and someone will help the admin who has put together and maintained the site out of his own pocket.

  49. Re:This is the poorest-quality slashdot post in ag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Insightful. Wish I had points.