RE: Register with Regrets

by "Mr.Wizard" <sdeemer(at)yahoo.com>

 Date:  Thu, 18 May 2000 08:35:38 -0700 (PDT)
 To:  heather(at)thenetnow.com,
Ben Ocean <beno(at)cnw.com>,
hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
  todo: View Thread, Original
Oh Come Now.... Ben Why not just go through the
Networksolutions.com where you will find your
answers...  Again I agree too much on the words
Govermental Agency.. 

--- "Heather Peel, The Net Now"
<heather(at)thenetnow.com> wrote:
> Why do you keep making references to "a governmental
> agency"  ?
> What am I missing, they are a publicly traded
> company as far as i
> know.
> 
> Heather
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of
> Ben Ocean
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 11:35 AM
> To: hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
> Subject: Register with Regrets
> 
> 
> Hi, all;
> I registered my first domains with Register.com, a
> governmental
> agency.
> Later, I had to change my e-mail address. An e-mail
> address is how
> Register.com knows they're dealing with the owner of
> the domain.
> Now, I've
> changed servers. One of these days I'd like to be
> able to use my
> URL on my
> *new* server, instead of using a highly memorable IP
> address and a
> redirect
> from my old server, all the while paying for two
> servers. But it
> appears
> that Register.com, a governmental agency, is less
> than interested
> in
> accommodating my needs.
> 
> I went to their site, filed an e-mail with them
> (since
> Register.com, a
> governmental agency, doesn't feel they need to
> publish a telephone
> number
> for peons like me), and waited for a reply. One was
> quick in
> coming: from
> an autoresponder. It told me that I would receive an
> answer,
> presumably
> from a human being, within 5 hours. That was 3 days
> ago. Now I'm a
> little
> worried that maybe Register.com, a government
> agency, feels close
> enough to
> His Holiness that they can measure time the way the
> Lord does:
> where one
> day equals a thousand years.
> 
> Does anybody know how to communicate with these
> knuckle-heads? TIA,
> BenO
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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