Marcus: www.metric.org is not assigned to the USMA site. It's on its own site and consists solely of a redirection page, containing the following code: <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Metric Information </TITLE> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/"> Transferring to <A HREF=http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/> US Metric Association</A> </HEAD> </HTML> Bill Potts, CMS San Jose, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Ma Be > Sent: November 10, 2000 14:24 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:9117] Sorry, folks, but I REALLY need help > > > Hi, folks, > > I'm sorry to disturb the list for such an off-topic, but I'm... > "desperate"... > > Sometime ago I noticed that someone here sort of successfully > "assigned" the url: www.metric.org to the USMA's web site. I > need to know how I could do that. I'm about to register a domain > name and require assistance to find out how I can "reroute" it to > wherever my page(s) is(are). > > Also, what kind of info would I need to provide the "registering > company" to make this "transfer". I was told I'd require to know > the primary and secondary DNS of the business' server(s) that > hold(s) the pages, plus IP addresses of the page itself, or > something to that effect. But I'm somewhat confused about that. > Are these "different" things (DNS and IP address) after all? > Since a "home page" normally has "links" to other pages would I > require to know IP addresses (or whatever) of every single one of > them? And if yes, how can I ever obtain those? Would there be a > way to find this info directly via surfing or do I have to > inquire with the business holding the page(s)? > > Thank you so much in advance for any help any of you can provide > me on this? And once again, apologies to my colleagues here of the list. > > Marcus > > > Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com > >
