On 30/05/02 09:26, "Dan Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've never enlisted the power of the lists in this way before, but a > grave injustice has been done against MacSlash, a Mac-related site I and > many others visit daily. > > Sometime yesterday, Vicente Peiro Crespo of Valencia, Spain, used Dotster > to wrest control of the slashdot.com domain from Ben Stanfield, the owner > of the domain and one of the people who runs the MacSlash site. > > At this point, all attempts to contact Dotster to fix this have been > ignored and the MacSlash site is inaccessible in most of the world. Ben > is working to register macslash.net and/or macslash.org and/or > macslash.info, but even that may take a couple of days to get in place -- > and all the existing links to MacSlash around the Web will no longer work. > > You can read more about this on Slashdot > > <http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/30/0526203&mode=thread&tid= > 96> > > You can express your disappointment to Dotster > <http://www.dotster.com/home/> if you can find an email link on their > site. > > You can email Vicente Peiro Crespo at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > I urge you to read up on the issue and put some pressure on people to get > this resolved. > > Thank you. > > Dan Knight, publisher, Low End Mac Dan, How did you discover about Vicente Peiro Crespo being responsible? Before sending him an email, I'd like more details. There was nothing on SlashDot that mention this individual. I'm ready to take action, but just want to make sure I'm understanding what happened. Similarly, how does one can "take over" a registered domain? -Laurent. -- ===================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ********************** Usual disclaimers apply ********************** -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
