Re: [FreeDNS] Service announcement - suspension of service by registrar

[Christiaan Keet <hostmaster@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The ISP under discussion here now has some instructions up on their
website about how to transfer domains away from them. Please refer
to http://dataspace.co.za/ and specifically the first FAQ at
http://dataspace.co.za/q1.php for more information. I quote it here
for the sake of completeness:

"To transfer .za.net and .za.net domain names to a new internet
service provider the following document must be downloaded and sent
to zanet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - All requests not sent through to
zanet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx will be ignored and deleted.

The form is available at: http://www.za.net/template.txt - Please
submit the form through to us as an .txt attachement!!"

That does indeed sound like a much easier way of transferring domains
away than all the legal procedures I listed below.

(Hopefully the last announcement about this!)

- Christiaan






On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 10:26:06AM +0100, Christiaan Keet wrote:
> 
> For those without access to a fax machine that can send international
> faxes, you can now also use 0866879699 to get to us from South
> Africa.
> 
> Thanks to Jaco Engelbrecht for helping out with setting that up.
> 
> - Christiaan
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 08:19:48PM +0100, Christiaan Keet wrote:
> > 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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