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How long before I can re-register my domain at another registrar after my registrar cancelled my account and deleted my domain?
I got the problem with my domain with 1&1. They canceled my account without any notice. Then I checked status of my domain on whois.
WHOIS Server: whois.1und1.de
Referral URL: http://1und1.de
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DNS resolves my hostname to 2 different IP's back and forth within minutes
We recently switched webhosts from Databse Mart to Liquid Web. This weekend we updated the name servers with our registrar and about 48 hours later, we saw our new site on insidestl.com. Now, a day ...
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Is it important to point the domain to server IP to get them linked?
I am trying to link my domain registerd from exabytes.com.my and I want to link it with my server in GoDaddy.
exabytes.com.my allowed me to modify nameservers only , I set name servers as :
ns1....
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What is the latency for DNS / A records
I recently registered a domain with MyDomain and set the name servers to:
ns1.example.com
ns2.example.com
I set the relevant A records to the IP address of the hosting account. It had a parking page ...
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Why is my Blogger subdomain appearing in URLs on my page instead of my custom domain?
Recently I bought a new domain (example.com) and pointed it to my blogger account. My domain is working well.
But the problem is my sitemap contains the http://subdomain.blogspot.com which is the ...
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What does SEO score reported by whois.domaintools.com mean and what factors influence it?
I created a website and purchased the second-level domain. I didn't put any content yet and I can't even find it by googling the domain name; despite thas whois.domaintools.com reports that my SEO ...
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Updating rwhois contact information to satisfy blacklisting agent
I've had a VPS for several years, operating at the same IP address. Recently my IP address was listed at MIPspace for sending "unsolicited email marketing". I am NOT in the business of email marketing....
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top-level domain registration: does "updating" imply a license extension (Whois report)?
I created a blog and I want to purchase a second level domain, that's to say I want to move from domain.altervista.org to -> domain.com.
I would like to register that domain with the .com extension ...
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Setting up another server at another address
Im not really that knowledgeable in servers and set-ups, but have my own dedicated server that runs my business website.
Currently both name servers of my domain are the same server, which I intent ...
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Visiting website without nameservers
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I am migrating a WordPress website from a Plesk server to a cPanel server. Before I change the nameservers to point to the new website, I would like to test that everything is ok (e.g., ...
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Check if domain registration has lapsed and been offered publicly in the past
Im trying to tell if a currently registered doamin, registration has lapsed in the past. When i look at the Whois it tells me that :
Expires On August 25, 2016
Registered On August 25, 1999
Updated ...
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Can Domain Registrars restrict changes to nameservers?
A client of mine registered a .com.tw domain from a registrar in his country and he said that due to the restrictions of the telecommunication company there, they are not allowed to change nameservers....
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The individual that registered the .net domain for our company can't be contacted, how can we regain control over the domain name?
I built a website for a client, who insisted on managing the domain themselves. I think it was owned by the maker of their previous site.
Anyway they now want me to take control of the domain, but ...
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Who is the real owner of a gTLD domain with Privacy Proxy?
I recently registered a .email domain planning to make it my primary personal email for the time being, with my registrar I accepted a privacy service, my thought was they were going to mask my ...
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I Want to use Different Hosting for my Main Website & its Related Subdomains
I just want to know.
I have registered a domain on Bigrock.com and I want to host its primary domain website on Cloudways servers & its all Subdomains on Godaddy.
Something like this.
www....
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When are multiple nameservers used?
Inspired by this question: Using two separate DNS servers on the same domain
When you have multiple nameservers that resolve your domain, when is e.g. the ns2 used? Only when ns1 is offline?
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Why does deleting host account solve the #0088 error?
To change the host, I switch my nameserver to default in my registrar. However, the new host keeps saying that my domain is hosted on other host and refuses to continue. I have also looked for my ...
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whois information and privacy
I recently owned my own website and had to fill in details for whois database. I'm not comfortable displaying my personal details (where I live, what my number is etc.) publicly. My hosting provider ...
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How do I set up Private Name severs at names.example - Glue Record Errors
Missing Glue Record
there. I am trying to point my domain registered at names.example to my private name servers. However the process fails with a message from names.example telling me:
Required ...
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What could be the points to keep in mind while displaying user contact details to public?
I'm building a domain whois lookup site, where I need to display the public contact details of the domain registrant. (sample whois)
Since the details of public registrations without domain privacy ...
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How to update nameservers for my domain
I've registered for a CloudFlare CDN and enabled it for my domain. Now CloudFlare asks me to use two specific nameservers that they assigned to my domain, e.g.
nameserver-address-1.com
nameserver-...
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Which whois is the most frequently updated?
As the domain manager of 200+ domains, it's essential that I am able to get the most up-to-date information for all the domains I manage and monitor. And I realise that, in general, whois sites do not ...
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Do I need to redirect my "A" DNS too?
I'm trying to redirect my GoDaddy's domain to another hosting.
I have added the name servers, but the hosting website says "You can also point your domain ("A" DNS record) to this IP: [ip here]".
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Subdomains are the nameservers of the domain itself
As I have had some research, it is a bit hard for domain distributors to set the nameservers to subdomains of the same domain, for example:
Domain: example.com
Nameserver 1: ns1.example.com
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Private Nameservers and DNS for 2 dedicated servers
We just recently rent our second dedicated server with WHM from our hosting provider. But we have issues with the DNS and would like some input to find the solution.
The first server have its ...
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Nameserver changes and Tumblr custom URL's
I'm hoping I can get some help on some trouble I'm having with using a custom url for my tumblr blog.
To begin with I'll give a background to my setup for my site -
I'm using GoDaddy for as my domain ...
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How To Upload Files To Server Without Domain Pointing To Nameserver
I am planning on migrating my website from one server to another. Since this website is for my business, I don't want there to be a time frame where customers will land on an empty page.
I tried ...
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Should I sub-domain my VPS name servers?
While trying to setup up my VPS, I came across the name server settings.
Most of what I found online were regarding how to setup name servers, which advised something like ns1.mydomain.com and then ...
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My domain registrar has gone bankrupt but the domain is locked, what can I do?
My domain is registered through a company that has gone bankrupt. The domain status (according to the whois database) is:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#...
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What are the disadvantages of having a domain name with special characters?
What are the disadvantages of owning a domain name that contain special characters?
Some special characters are, for example: áéíóú, àèìòù, äëïöü, etc.
These characters open the possibility of ...
Alejandro
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Set up DNS name servers for WP Engine
I have set up my blog on WP Engine, and have been given a CNAME. My domain name is registered with CrazyDomains, and currently the name servers are pointing to Linode servers (where the blog was ...
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Website looks different on my connection compared to others
Ok, so this is quite a strange thing, the godaddy guy had no clue what I was talking about. Yesterday I bought a domain and set the nameservers to a webhost, my website was working, I then switched ...
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Do I need to move hosts to get whois privacy -- 1and1 doesn't offer private registration
I recently bought a ‘.com’ domain name from 1and1, in the UK. The whois information lists my home address and phone number, which I would like to remove / hide.
1and1 seem to get a bit of a kicking ...
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How do domain names get into WHOIS database and which databases get updated for each domain?
The WHOIS query and response protocol is widely used for databases holding various Internet resources like IPv4 assignments, IPv6 assignments, AS numbers and RIR (for example ARIN in USA or RIPE in ...
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Where do whois servers get their data and can a site owner control the info about their site?
I have doing some searching on how whois actually works and I still don't have a clear understanding on how it works.
Say I am running a whois server, how would I then procure all the names of the ...
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How Do I Contact a Domain Owner Who Doesnt Use Email? (Private Registration)
So there is this .com USA based domain set up wrong and is dumping traffic onto our DNS. This domain is privatized with namecheap whois masking, and since it's wrong routing, I can't send emails ...
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CloudFlare's cPanel plugin assigned new name servers for my domain - how do I make them use the old ones?
I deleted my domain in CloudFlare and recreated it using the CloudFlare plugin in cPanel, but CloudFlare gave me new nameservers that I should assign to my domain. The problem is that my registrar has ...
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False Whois domain data
A domain name I'm interested in came up as registered to someone in the Netherlands two days ago when I first looked for it. I didn't take down the details but the expiry date was in 2015 and person ...
Anthony Eastwood
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Where can I get a list of DNS entries for a domain name? [closed]
What is a site that I can go to get a list of all the DNS entries for a specific domain name? Say I wanted to see what the MX, NS, and whatever else is associated to the domain name?
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Does a Name Server change on a domain also affect Name Servers of sub-domains of that domain?
We've got a web application product whose home page is at, for example, abcd.com
One of our clients is running the web application on a sub domain. E.g. customer.abcd.com
Both domains are currently ...
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Pointing domain to VPS webserver
I am hosting a webserver using IIS on my VPS and I have a domain through godaddy, how would I go about forward my domain to the webserver without mirroring the site using A records.
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What should I do after changing DNS records and my site is not resolving?
My domain is not resolving after updating its DNS records 10 hours ago.
I bought the domain from GoDaddy and hosted it on a different server. They guided me to alter two domain entries: the first is ...
harshit mishra
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What sort of phone numbers are allowed as the WHOIS contact?
Are there any restrictions on the type of phone number I can give as my WHOIS contact? Notwithstanding that it is a phone number which can be used to contact the domain holder.
For example, what if I ...
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What can I do to take control of a domain from a client's previous developer?
A client of mine has a website that is incomplete. The last developers quit from this work, and they need get this work done.
The problem is that I can't get cPannel access, and the first developer ...
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Why do I need at least two nameservers?
I own several domains, all hosted with Northhosts, but however I register my domains at GoDaddy (since they're cheaper).
When I receive my 'New Account Information' email from Northosts, they always ...
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Domain Name Not resolving with webhost nameservers and without www
Searched all over and tried playing with httpd.conf , nothing works.
The domain name can be resolved with www.domain.com but without www its does not resolve.
Advice for A Records does not work. I ...
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DNS and Whois problem [duplicate]
I have encountered a problem or atleast that's what I think, I have recently started an ec2 instance and I changed my A records at Godaddy to point to my new elastic ip and it worked fine and then I ...
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Trying to resolve my DNS records to use mandrill
I've got myself confused over DNS records and need to understand what I need to do first for my situation.
My domain name is hosted by one provider. The nameservers are currently pointing to the ...
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Do search engines lower your ranking for using private registration like WhoisGuard?
I am registering a new domain name from "namecheap.com" which offers free WhoisGuard for a year.
There are numerous reasons not to list your contact information with your domain registrar, such as ...
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In my IP query, the response is "SOA prisoner." What does this mean? [closed]
what does "SOA prisoner" mean in the results of my IP query? Prisoner to what ?