I was very curious about responses to your last response, Jason. I've been using GoDaddy and using blind forwarding for my domains and have been having trouble with search engines. I was just beginning to wonder what effect blind forwarding was having on that.
I see that you go no response to your concern. Any insights you've picked up since the date of this email? Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:34 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: OT Domain registration > > > With all these domain name services - I had just registered with > regiterfly as a reseller because for some reason godaddy's reseller > program did not prompt me to sign up... > > however my main concern is with companies like godaddy.com and > registerfly.com - if ip's are forwarded or any masking takes > place - I > assume it must have adverse effects on search engine placement... > Anyone have any insight to this? What is legitimate > forwarding vs not? I > am nervous enough using coldfusion and having to develop > clean URL's and > their advers effects on search engines.. let alone the registar's > procedures.. > > Any links/ input is appreciated- I do think it's an important issue. > jay > > samcfug wrote: > > >The problem with GoDaddy is that they charge $20. per year > extra to use their > >name servers. I do not need domain names masked. > > > >I have several clients with Registerfly, and the problem > with them is that every > >90 days or so, their DNS servers get corrupted (maybe from > Phreakers) and > >mission critical sites are typically offline and without > mail until They can get > >them fixed up and propagated again. They are the ones > asking me to search out a > >more reliable registrar. Network Solutions are in > themselves spammers, and also > >sell their address lists to other spammers. I use > Register.com myself for my > >own domains, but these clients do not wish to pay their > prices although I > >consider them as the easiest to use and most reliable of all. > > > >I do not want to run my own name servers, because they are > all on the same > >network, and DNS is much more reliable with dispersed name > servers. I do use > >DNS caching, however, > > > >As for filling in fake information for the WHOIS, There are > rules currently in > >effect that if you cannot be reliably contacted through > WHOIS, then upon > >complaint, your registration can be revoked. There is a > rising groundswell of > >anti-spammer activists that are searching out and filing > complaints with ICANN. > >More info can be found at http://www.dshield.org. As for > spam harvested from > >WHOIS databases, I use a filtering server running Postfix > on Linux that > >effectively blocks all that spam. Anyone with a domain > name can subscribe to > >this filtering server which then sends your email on to you > after filtering for > >open proxy, open relay, spamcop.bl, and virus scanning. It > even blocks the > >Nigerian scam mail. This way you are assured of getting > clean email to your > >server, and there is no delay in delivery. File > attachments that are not virus > >infected are permitted. > > > >===================================== > >Douglas White > >group Manager > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.samcfug.org > >===================================== > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bill Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:09 AM > >Subject: Re: OT Domain registration > > > > > >| thats a great reason TO use them i hate putting real info > into a domain to > >| be harvested or given out its nobodies business anyway :). > >| > >| But i still like registerfly.com better > >| > >| ----- Original Message ----- > >| From: "Hugo Ahlenius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >| To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >| Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:57 AM > >| Subject: RE: OT Domain registration > >| > >| > >| With GoDaddy -- a reason not to use them: > >| > >| They offer a service with the domain registration where > the owner is not > >| presented in any whois, which are being used by shady domains. > >| > >| > >| > >| > >| > >| > >| > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4