Comments on: Yahoo! Private Domain Registration: If it’s broken, don’t fix it? http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/ The Common Data Project Blog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:15:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: I Am Completely Serious » Shocking Update: Yahoo domain registration still sleazy. http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-6522 I Am Completely Serious » Shocking Update: Yahoo domain registration still sleazy. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:43:23 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-6522 [...] 1) Yahoo offers a “private registration” option, which allows you to keep your real name and mailing address out of the WHOIS database. It is impossible to transfer one of these private domains to another registrar. Ever. (See my post from last year, or this guy’s post from 2007.) [...] [...] 1) Yahoo offers a “private registration” option, which allows you to keep your real name and mailing address out of the WHOIS database. It is impossible to transfer one of these private domains to another registrar. Ever. (See my post from last year, or this guy’s post from 2007.) [...]

]]> By: Manok http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3227 Manok Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:04:07 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-3227 A bouncing Email address and a non-functioning telephone number, for hundreds or thousands of web sites, and this is okay for ICAN? I get a 3-monthly reminder from Network Solutions that if anything in my domain name info is not right, it can be canceled!! Wouldn't it be the same if we just give some spoof info for our web sites? (Apart from a valid Email address?) Okay, with any dispute, or "accident" (e.g. Email address unavailable), you have a weak position, but it'll save 10 bucks a year. This does not sound a lot, but for 5 domain names, it adds up! A bouncing Email address and a non-functioning telephone number, for hundreds or thousands of web sites, and this is okay for ICAN? I get a 3-monthly reminder from Network Solutions that if anything in my domain name info is not right, it can be canceled!!

Wouldn’t it be the same if we just give some spoof info for our web sites? (Apart from a valid Email address?) Okay, with any dispute, or “accident” (e.g. Email address unavailable), you have a weak position, but it’ll save 10 bucks a year. This does not sound a lot, but for 5 domain names, it adds up!

]]> By: I Am Completely Serious » Why Yahoo Private Domain Registration Is Not Private http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-22 I Am Completely Serious » Why Yahoo Private Domain Registration Is Not Private Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:30:26 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-22 [...] posts by the person mentioned above whose data ended up in the WHOIS database after cancellation: 1, [...] [...] posts by the person mentioned above whose data ended up in the WHOIS database after cancellation: 1, [...]

]]> By: Andy Bush http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Andy Bush Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:51:46 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-21 I don't trust US based private domain registrars. I have read they easily give out your personal info and even steal domains! I stick with offshore registrars like www.yohost.org This site does not even ask for personal details, just an email. I don’t trust US based private domain registrars. I have read they easily give out your personal info and even steal domains! I stick with offshore registrars like http://www.yohost.org This site does not even ask for personal details, just an email.

]]> By: Laura http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Laura Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:15:22 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-19 I didn't pay for the privacy service and yahoo has changed my admin e-mail to the contact@myprivateregistration.com. It is aggravating trying to get this domain transferred when yahoo is changing my admin e-mail. I didn’t pay for the privacy service and yahoo has changed my admin e-mail to the contact@myprivateregistration.com.

It is aggravating trying to get this domain transferred when yahoo is changing my admin e-mail.

]]> By: Transfer Domain with Private Registration at Huỳnh Nhất Khoa http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Transfer Domain with Private Registration at Huỳnh Nhất Khoa Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:54:59 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-17 [...] email response I can’t help you. You will have to rectify the above two things before proceeding. Read here about Yahoo! having some issues regarding forwarded [...] [...] email response I can’t help you. You will have to rectify the above two things before proceeding. Read here about Yahoo! having some issues regarding forwarded [...]

]]> By: joyinliving http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-16 joyinliving Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:07:12 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-16 We went the Yahoo route to register a domain, but without the "privacy" feature you've been discussing. I, also, attempted to transfer our domain from Yahoo / MelbourneIT to no avail. I'd love to see someone force their hand to play fair. We went the Yahoo route to register a domain, but without the “privacy” feature you’ve been discussing. I, also, attempted to transfer our domain from Yahoo / MelbourneIT to no avail. I’d love to see someone force their hand to play fair.

]]> By: NewGuy http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-18 NewGuy Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:55:52 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-18 I just read all this brew-ha-ha today, back into 2007, and later I will scurry over and see if I have any of the same problems. Likely I will. What I want to know from y'all, and especially Alex Selkirk (much raucous applause for your good work getting your letter all over the web!) is this: Has anyone begun trying to bust Yahoo! legally for this, and how is it going? This is sounds like huge fraud to me. *Someone* should take this on. I just read all this brew-ha-ha today, back into 2007, and later I will scurry over and see if I have any of the same problems. Likely I will.
What I want to know from y’all, and especially Alex Selkirk (much raucous applause for your good work getting your letter all over the web!) is this:

Has anyone begun trying to bust Yahoo! legally for this, and how is it going? This is sounds like huge fraud to me. *Someone* should take this on.

]]> By: TigerKen http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-20 TigerKen Thu, 08 May 2008 19:13:18 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-20 It's ridiculous that they do it this way. I work for a small web hosting company, and the way we do it is that every now and then we set each domain's public contact email address to a new one made up of random characters. Any email sent to that address gets forwarded to our customer (if it passes our anti-spam filters). And when we change the public address again later, the old one becomes invalid and therefore bounces any messages. (This is useful to avoid spam sent to old harvested lists.) We also filter mail sent through the USPS: junk mail is trashed, but legal notices and other registered mail are forwarded to the customer. It’s ridiculous that they do it this way. I work for a small web hosting company, and the way we do it is that every now and then we set each domain’s public contact email address to a new one made up of random characters. Any email sent to that address gets forwarded to our customer (if it passes our anti-spam filters). And when we change the public address again later, the old one becomes invalid and therefore bounces any messages. (This is useful to avoid spam sent to old harvested lists.)

We also filter mail sent through the USPS: junk mail is trashed, but legal notices and other registered mail are forwarded to the customer.

]]> By: jonas http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15 jonas Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:12:17 +0000 http://blog.myplaceinthecrowd.org/2007/01/25/yahoo-private-domain-registration-if-it%e2%80%99s-broken-don%e2%80%99t-fix-it/#comment-15 Guess what, after paying for I think two years of Yahoo "Private" registration, I found out that it's bullshit. It's NOT private. They leave your name on the WHOIS! Yes, your real name. All the other stuff is the private registration stuff, but how can they think that you want your name on it if you want everything else private? I am so upset about this. And then they had the audacity to bill me for a domain name that they didn't renew in time. Everybody, stay away from Yahoo domain name registration!!! Guess what, after paying for I think two years of Yahoo “Private” registration, I found out that it’s bullshit. It’s NOT private. They leave your name on the WHOIS! Yes, your real name. All the other stuff is the private registration stuff, but how can they think that you want your name on it if you want everything else private? I am so upset about this. And then they had the audacity to bill me for a domain name that they didn’t renew in time.

Everybody, stay away from Yahoo domain name registration!!!

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