[lug] Need Advice on Domain Registration Services

Greg Seker sekerg at comcast.net
Fri Jul 22 12:04:19 MDT 2005


godaddy promised me they are working on an improved password set of 
characters.

The info error message [not displayed] was from godaddy or your hosted 
website ?
  (you have a choice of Windows verses Linux based server).

Netscape, Mozilla, Safari or what browser ?

--Greg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Sexton" <gsexton at mhsoftware.com>
To: "'Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List'" 
<lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 1:50 PM
Subject: RE: [lug] Need Advice on Domain Registration Services


> As long as you are OK using Internet Explorer to access GoDaddy's web site
> you should be safe.
>
> I registered a domain, and ran into a problem because the password I tried
> to use had non-alpha/non-digit characters.
>
> Their page only dipslays an informative error message if you use IE.
>
> I won't touch them for anything.
>
> George Sexton
> MH Software, Inc.
> http://www.mhsoftware.com/
> Voice: 303 438 9585
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us
>> [mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us] On Behalf Of Bill Thoen
>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 9:23 AM
>> To: Boulder Linux Users Group
>> Subject: [lug] Need Advice on Domain Registration Services
>>
>>
>> My domain name is coming up for renewal soon and I was thinking of
>> transferring it from Network Solutions to somebody else. The reason is
>> that NS wants quite a bit more money than some of the other
>> domain hosting
>> services out there.
>>
>> I was thinking of transferring to GoDaddy, but before I do that, I'd
>> thought I'd ask and see if anyone has any advice about this. If I pay
>> Network Solutions $95 to renew my domain registration, do I
>> get that much
>> more in security, services, etc. than if I go with GoDaddy,
>> who wants only
>> about $9? Seems to me they both offer the same essential
>> service, but I
>> just wonder why NS charges ten times more that GD.
>>
>> - Bill Thoen
>>
>>
>>
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