[Info-vax] OPENVMS Hobbiest domain name invalid

[Bob Eager]

On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:10:00 -0800, Cave Fatuis wrote:

> On Feb 8, 11:14 am, Ken Robinson <kenrb... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, February 8, 2011 11:55:48 AM UTC-5, Cave Fatuis wrote:
>>
>> > Just got back a message from GoDaddy, and since the registrant info
>> > is not directly attributable to me (and I doubt it will be to anyone
>> > else, either), no luck in getting the domain transferred without
>> > filing a dispute with ICANN or just waiting for it to expire.
>>
>> > For now:  http://hobbyist.montagar.comwill get you there.
>>
>> I would recommend registering another domain for the site. I just
>> checked GoDaddy and the domain openvmshobbyist.co is available. The
>> domain openvmshobbyist.com is already registered by the same person who
>> swept up the .org domain.
>>
>> Ken
> 
> I'm not sure it's a "swept" up, since it hadn't been expired long enough
> for that to happen.  There's a "grace period" where you can pull the
> domain back, and that hadn't expired yet.
> 
> openvmshobbyist.org.uk would be cool!  I can register it, too, or if you
> already have it, just CNAME it to vmshobbyist.com!
> 
> David Cathey

I'll do it; I've already started the process. It'll be on my own DNS 
servers.

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