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| Author: | Anonymous X [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 19:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Domain registration questions |
Yeah, I'm clueless about this popular Interwebs contraption. Deal.  1.) Good reliable, and affordable registration service, RMD please? 2.) Which domain name types can I register whilst keeping my details private? 3.) Would I own the domain name, or would the registration company own it? |
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| Author: | WTB [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 19:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
1.) If you're just registering a domain name, any of them. 2.) All of them - just fill in a fake address. 3.) Dunno, but so long as you keep paying the registration fee, you're not going to run into any troubles. Provided you don't buy a trademark and get muscled out by the owners. But that's unlikely these days since they're all registered anyway. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 20:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Wogan'sTrouserBulge wrote: 2.) All of them - just fill in a fake address. *jumps out of thin air* I wouldn't recommend heeding this piece of advice, btw. It's all good fun until the registrar sends you a letter asking you to confirm the details are correct, can't get hold of you and you lose the domain without refund. .uk domains you can opt-out of the whois if you are a non-trading individual (ie not a company or sole trader). .com/net/biz.org/etc you cannot opt-out, sadly. The companies are mostly much of a muchness, but some of them charge to transfer out, so I'd be wary of that. I know that 123-reg do not charge if you want to transfer away. I've heard more than my fair share of horror stories from UK2, though, so probably avoid them. You don't own the domain outright, but you are the registrar. D'Johnie is correct that as long as you keep up your payments and keep them with a reputable registrar, it's one and the same thing essentially. |
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| Author: | WTB [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 20:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
myoptikakaka wrote: Wogan'sTrouserBulge wrote: 2.) All of them - just fill in a fake address. *jumps out of thin air* I wouldn't recommend heeding this piece of advice, btw. It's all good fun until the registrar sends you a letter asking you to confirm the details are correct, can't get hold of you and you lose the domain without refund. I've owned all manner of ridiculous speculative domain names (like 30+) for over five years and not once have I had a problem because of this. I guess YMMV. |
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| Author: | Anonymous X [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 20:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
OK, so those are a few questions answered, thanks.  Guess I'll go with a .uk for privacy reasons, even though I wanted a .eu. Bah. How do I set up webmail for a domain, once registered, BTW? I remember hearing that there was a way to link GMail to a domain which you own, but I might've been mistaken there. |
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| Author: | kalmar [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 20:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Domain registration questions |
You can forward it to gmail, yes. I use 123reg, they're ok. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 20:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Oh, you can opt-out of the whois for .eu domains. I didn't know that until now because they were only available to pre-register when I worked in the industry. |
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| Author: | Anonymous X [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 20:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
kalmar wrote: You can forward it to gmail, yes. 'ow then, vaguely? Can that be carried out automatically? (Generally, when I ask technical questions, assume that I have as much expertise as your mum.)Incidentally, I checked getdotted.com for domains earlier, and they offer .me domains for £3.49/year. But £22.49 for two years. What kind of scam-mongering scam is that all about? |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 21:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
You need hosting for the email bit - just a domain won't do that. Whoever provides the hosting will manage your webmail for you, and you can usually configure forwarding it to gmail in whatever console they provide. |
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| Author: | kalmar [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 21:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Domain registration questions |
Craster wrote: You need hosting for the email bit - just a domain won't do that. Whoever provides the hosting will manage our webmail for you, and you can usually configure forwarding it to gmail in whatever console they provide. Just a domain will do email forwarding, I'm sure I have several set up like that, for 1.99 a year or whatever. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 21:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
You need addresses defined somewhere, surely? Unless you just forward *@mydomain.com |
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| Author: | WTB [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 21:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Yep, GMail do the hosting. |
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| Author: | kalmar [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 21:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Domain registration questions |
Craster wrote: You need addresses defined somewhere, surely? Unless you just forward *@mydomain.com Pretty sure I've got several names @mydomain going to different gmail accounts. Maybe it depends on the provider, I'll double check later. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 21:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Just ignore me, I'm talking utter shite. |
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| Author: | WTB [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 21:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Signature quote? |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Thu Nov 25, 2010 22:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Wogan'sTrouserBulge wrote: myoptikakaka wrote: Wogan'sTrouserBulge wrote: 2.) All of them - just fill in a fake address. *jumps out of thin air* I wouldn't recommend heeding this piece of advice, btw. It's all good fun until the registrar sends you a letter asking you to confirm the details are correct, can't get hold of you and you lose the domain without refund. I've owned all manner of ridiculous speculative domain names (like 30+) for over five years and not once have I had a problem because of this. I guess YMMV. My old boss registered a load of number based domains back in the day, including 02.co.uk. One day he had an offer for a few hundred quid for it. He was pondering the offer when a few days later the news broke about BT Cellnet rebranding. They paid quite alot of money for it in the end. |
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| Author: | PraveenBhalla [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Ooh. How helpful! *clicks link* Hey! Where's my porn? |
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| Author: | Joans [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
DavPaz wrote: Ooh. How helpful! *clicks link* Hey! Where's my porn? That link deleted all your porn? |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
JoansToTheWorld! wrote: DavPaz wrote: Ooh. How helpful! *clicks link* Hey! Where's my porn? That link deleted all your porn? Did it? The BASTARD! |
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| Author: | Anonymous X [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 19:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
A public thank-you is required for kalmar, who offered advice via PM about reg'ing a domain name. I'm sure that my girlfriend will love the domain name which I've bought for her as a Christmas present*. * I hope. The alternative is a black eye. We'll all knew on the 24th! |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 21:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Anonymous X wrote: A public thank-you is required for kalmar, who offered advice via PM about reg'ing a domain name. I'm sure that my girlfriend will love the domain name which I've bought for her as a Christmas present*. * I hope. The alternative is a black eye. We'll all knew on the 24th! www.ilikecock.com? I like cock. |
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| Author: | kalmar [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 21:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Domain registration questions |
You managed ok then? Said it was easy I accept any denomination of foreign girlfriends in payment. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
I've registered a domain for the minecraft server with 123-reg but now I'm a bit lost. How do I map my ip address to the domain name? |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
DavPaz wrote: I've registered a domain for the minecraft server with 123-reg but now I'm a bit lost. How do I map my ip address to the domain name? Are you going to be using the 123-reg nameservers or your own? If the 123-reg ones, just go into the DNS section and change the A records to your IP address. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Go to the control panel, go down to web forwarding and put the minecraft server address in the forwarding box, or something like that. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Ah, ok. I think I've found it. There's a surprising amount of terminology used in this game. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Trooper wrote: Go to the control panel, go down to web forwarding and put the minecraft server address in the forwarding box, or something like that. Web forwarding is if you want to forward one url to another (and is horrible). If he's got his own server with an IP address, the way to map it is to change the DNS records as I stated above. So if he's got 123.456.789.012/home/index.html and he amends the A record of the domain to point to that, he'll get http://www.massiveheid.com/index.html. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Ah, well then. Where is the DNS record bit then? Man, I feel like a proper noob here. Edit: got it. Ta chaps |
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| Author: | Joans [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
DavPaz wrote: Ah, well then. Where is the DNS record bit then? Man, I feel like a proper noob here. Assuming I know what I'm talking about. 1. Go to 123-reg.co.uk 2. Log into your control panel 3. Find your domain name and click Manage 4. Click Change Nameservers (DNS) 5. Put your IP in there. I think? DavPaz wrote: Edit: got it. Ta chaps Fine.
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
DavPaz wrote: Ah, well then. Where is the DNS record bit then? Man, I feel like a proper noob here. Let me log in and check. Advanced Domain Settings, Manage DNS (A, MX, CNAME, TXT). Joans, no! He's not changing nameservers... |
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| Author: | Joans [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
myoptikakaka wrote: DavPaz wrote: Ah, well then. Where is the DNS record bit then? Man, I feel like a proper noob here. Let me log in and check. Advanced Domain Settings, Manage DNS (A, MX, CNAME, TXT). Joans, no! He's not changing nameservers... See, I have no idea what I'm talking about. In fairness though, it's right next to it. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
WTF? Now it's taking me to a parking page with a different IP. This is weird. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
myoptikakaka wrote: Trooper wrote: Go to the control panel, go down to web forwarding and put the minecraft server address in the forwarding box, or something like that. Web forwarding is if you want to forward one url to another (and is horrible). But it would work, wouldn't it? It's only a minecraft server
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
You should see this page: Attachment: dns.PNG You want to change the @ and www records to your server's IP address (if you want to see http://www.davpaz.com and davpaz.com). |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Trooper wrote: myoptikakaka wrote: Trooper wrote: Go to the control panel, go down to web forwarding and put the minecraft server address in the forwarding box, or something like that. Web forwarding is if you want to forward one url to another (and is horrible). But it would work, wouldn't it? It's only a minecraft server How exactly would it work? He hasn't got a URL to start with... hence wanting to link his domain to the server. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Cheers for the help once again. I'm wrapping my head around it now. |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
DavPaz wrote: I'm wrapping my head around it now. 
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| Author: | Trooper [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
myoptikakaka wrote: Trooper wrote: myoptikakaka wrote: Trooper wrote: Go to the control panel, go down to web forwarding and put the minecraft server address in the forwarding box, or something like that. Web forwarding is if you want to forward one url to another (and is horrible). But it would work, wouldn't it? It's only a minecraft server How exactly would it work? He hasn't got a URL to start with... hence wanting to link his domain to the server. What difference is there in putting an IP in the box, as opposed to a URL? It'll still get to the same place... |
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| Author: | myp [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Trooper wrote: What difference is there in putting an IP in the box, as opposed to a URL? It'll still get to the same place... Ok, you try it and see how far you get. Basically web forwarding is a basic way of forwarding a URL through port 80, so you could forward http://davpaz.blogspot.com to http://www.davpaz.co.uk. You cannot web forward a server IP to a domain as it's backwards. You are pointing the domain to the server IP, not the other way around. When you amend the A records in the DNS, you are telling the domain to point to the server IP address, which then finds the relevant home account on the server (which you configure on the server directly). |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
It's true. I tried the web forwarding and it did a very weird thing with a feedback loop. S'working now. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
myoptikakaka wrote: Trooper wrote: What difference is there in putting an IP in the box, as opposed to a URL? It'll still get to the same place... Ok, you try it and see how far you get. Basically web forwarding is a basic way of forwarding a URL through port 80, so you could forward http://davpaz.blogspot.com to http://www.davpaz.co.uk. You cannot web forward a server IP to a domain as it's backwards. You are pointing the domain to the server IP, not the other way around. When you amend the A records in the DNS, you are telling the domain to point to the server IP address, which then finds the relevant home account on the server (which you configure on the server directly). Cool, I've learnt something today 
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Looks like 123reg have relaxed their password restrictions. You don't have to be *exactly* 8 characters anymore. |
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| Author: | throughsilver [ Sun Feb 17, 2013 16:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
The bastards! I have fallen foul of the web mafia. There was apparently an issue with my auto-renewal on throughsilver.com Only, they didn't tell me. So when a pal let me know, I went in to manually pay or whatev. But I can't. I need to pay £75(+VAT) to 'redeem' it. And auto-renewals don't always mean that. From the horse's fingertips: Quote: Dear SST, Thank you for contacting 123-reg on the 17th February 2013. We send renewal reminders via e-mail. As stated on our terms it's your responsibility to renew the domain as the auto renewal is not guaranteed. If we can be of any further help with regard to this or any other matter, please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, Alex 123-reg Fuckers. Guess I'm changing my domain name. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Sun Feb 17, 2013 17:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Hmm.. that's a pain. It looks like the domain is part of their 'Premium Domain Portfolio' now at £165. I wonder if no-one buys it, it'll come up for normal registration again. |
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| Author: | throughsilver [ Sun Feb 17, 2013 17:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Domain registration questions |
Aye, hopefully. I'm not a business, so it's not something anyone stands to financially gain from. |
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