[FreeDNS] Service announcement - suspension of service by registrar

[Christiaan Keet <hostmaster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

It has come to our attention recently that a South African based
service provider and major registrar of za.net and za.org domains
has recently stopped providing all service to their customers.

Normally this wouldn't be a problem as the true domain owners could
simply shift the domains to another provider, however a problem has
arised in that the ISP in question has put themselves down as the
"Domain Owner" (both in the "Registered for" section and the Contacts
sections) for many of the domains they registered on behalf of their
customers.

This is a really tricky issue and we have to be very very careful
when changing legal ownership of domain names like this. I'm sure
you can appreciate that and wouldn't want anything less for any of
your domains either.

If you want to claim ownership over the domains in question we will
need a signed and witnessed statement (witnessed by a recognised
legal entity such as COMMISSIONER OF OATHS/KOMMISSARIS VAN EDE)
from you stating that you are the true owner of the domain name and
that you want it transferred into your name. (Or the same from your
clients, if the domain name is to be transferred into their name).
I believe you can find such a legal entity at your local police
station without an appointment, just ask at the front desk.

This declaration can be faxed to us to speed up the process, but
we will need the original copy sent by post too.

As soon as we receive this faxed declaration you can send in a
manual modify request and we can process your changes (see
http://www.za.net/faq.html#noemail for information about how to
send in a manual modify request). 

NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE :-

Please do NOT send in manual modify requests without the declaration
mentioned above if your name does not currently appear anywhere on
the domain name records (you can check these records at
http://www.za.net/whois.html) as any such requests will have to be
rejected by us to protect domain name owners

I know this sounds like a lot of hassle, but we honestly believe
this is the best way to protect the interests of all parties involved.

- Christiaan

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