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Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:28:26 PST7
From:	"Larry Tawa" <larry.tawa@worldnet.att.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Domain registration

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In <9868.11.08.20.30.06.2002@dslextreme.com>, on 06/30/2002
at 10:03 AM, Peter Skye said:

>Larry Tawa wrote:
>>
>> If I buy the first year of registration from Verisign
>> for $35, at a later time can I purchase additional
>> years from your $8.95/yr vender or am I committed to
>> buy additional registration years from Verisign?

>Yes, it's called a "transfer". *However*, Verisign wants three months
>advance notice before the expiration date.

>Why would you want to do this? My own list of registrars has over 30
>different companies and it's not complete. There's nothing magic about
>Verisign.

Just an example.

>> A related question: who owns the "pink
>> slip" for the domain that I registered?

>I've never heard the term "pink slip" for a domain. If you pay for the
>domain, then you own the domain (as a service some Hosting ISPs will
>register it for you but it's still yours). The Hosting ISP or the
>Registrar may, as a courtesy, list themselves as a contact for that
>domain but you can change that at any time. If you have a web site
>that's hosted by an ISP (rather than on your own machine) then the ISP
>may as a courtesy list themselves as the domain's Technical Contact, but
>again you can change that at any time.

"Pink slip" - my bad analogy. The company that owns the domain name that
I would like to own, wants to increase the selling price by bundling
*additional* years of registration! I see that once I own the domain
name, I can transfer to a cheaper service. OK I have a better
understanding to negotiate.

>The sequence is one of these two:

> You -> Hosting ISP -> Registrar -> Domain Database
>or
> You -> Registrar -> Domain Database

>In either case, you own the domain that's stored in the Domain Database
>(which was in Virginia but I think they've recently replicated it to
>other cities).

>> I still have worldnet & dslextreme dialup access.

>Hey, there are people who only have cell phones!

I have some questions on cell phones but since not related to
OS/2......... :))

>May I suggest something? *First*, get your web site running on the free
>web space that your ISP gives you. You'll be quite surprised how much
>time that takes. *Then*, once you're happy with your web pages, you
>can set up your own web server if you still want to.

>If your goal is a business, setting up the web server before creating the
>web site is doing it backwards. If, however, your goal is to learn how
>to administer a web server then of course you should first set up the
>server and not worry about the web pages.

Mostly just to learn; totally unrelated to work. At some point with
broadband access, I hope to directly allow Steve Carter access to the
updated files for the SCOUG CD.

Good suggestion to give trial web pages a test spin on worldnet. As you
can see, I want to try alot of stuff at once. I think I need to set up a
time table. :)

>- Peter

Regards.

Larry
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