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Z4um dead as a dodo!
- enfield
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Z4um dead as a dodo!
It is the 26th.... The domain name should be available now as per ski....
This is it me hearties! Z4um has gone from the pages to time (literally). A minutes silence.
This is it me hearties! Z4um has gone from the pages to time (literally). A minutes silence.
The Z4M Roaster & Croup are gone!
It's E92 M3 from now on.
It's E92 M3 from now on.
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I would second that - although it might seem a bit rude, at the same time, these forums are all about the community that they carry with them - without the users, they'd be nothing. Z4UM and the admins that run it, have had plenty of time to resurrect it if they were concerned about losing the site. If it goes to the stage that the domain expires completely, I don't see anything wrong in picking it up and forwarding it to a forum that has been started to fill the gap left...
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You are correct.. I have the matter in hand... can't promise anything, but if they don't renew it then we have a fighting chance.
I don't want to "steal" a domain from anyone, in fact I wanted to contact the owner directly but there are no direct contact details on there at all.
Let's just wait and see what happens in the next few weeks.
I don't want to "steal" a domain from anyone, in fact I wanted to contact the owner directly but there are no direct contact details on there at all.
Let's just wait and see what happens in the next few weeks.
- sp3ctre
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Looks like it's been renewed:
Domain Name: Z4UM.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS1.DYNAMICNAME.COM
Name Server: NS2.DYNAMICNAME.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 26-jun-2007
Creation Date: 25-jun-2003
Expiration Date: 25-jun-2008
Domain Name: Z4UM.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS1.DYNAMICNAME.COM
Name Server: NS2.DYNAMICNAME.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 26-jun-2007
Creation Date: 25-jun-2003
Expiration Date: 25-jun-2008
- Color
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Big question is if Network Solutions just automatically renewed it as part of pre-paid or ongoing web hosting and domain name deal
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if that means the real owner of the domain name has any real intent of resurrecting the web site.
My hunch is the first option is what's happening here, as the contact info points to some guy in Networks Solutions, and that person is probably not the 'real' owner.
An extreme measure could be to give them an offer to buy the domain name from them. This should be possible.
EDIT: Here's all the contact info: http://www.aboutus.org/Z4um.com
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if that means the real owner of the domain name has any real intent of resurrecting the web site.
My hunch is the first option is what's happening here, as the contact info points to some guy in Networks Solutions, and that person is probably not the 'real' owner.
An extreme measure could be to give them an offer to buy the domain name from them. This should be possible.
EDIT: Here's all the contact info: http://www.aboutus.org/Z4um.com
Last edited by Color on Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- sp3ctre
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yeah, that's true... I don't mind hosting this site for free, as I can make 100% sure the farce that went on with z4um will not happen again. I already have facility in place to cope with such a disaster. What I don't want to do is throw money at this needlessly, and I can only imagine the response if I was to "make an offer" for the domain.
This does not mean I would not enter into conversation about it, but none of the whois listings give the guys email address.
This does not mean I would not enter into conversation about it, but none of the whois listings give the guys email address.
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try this:sp3ctre wrote:yeah, that's true... I don't mind hosting this site for free, as I can make 100% sure the farce that went on with z4um will not happen again. I already have facility in place to cope with such a disaster. What I don't want to do is throw money at this needlessly, and I can only imagine the response if I was to "make an offer" for the domain.
This does not mean I would not enter into conversation about it, but none of the whois listings give the guys email address.
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/r ... n=z4um.com
Maybe a kind inquiry into if this site will be 'ressurected' or not at least will provide us with some info.
Last edited by Color on Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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yeah... seems to be head office networksolutions though, I saw that earlier. It's really hard to believe that all the admins and mods have disappeared off the face of the planet though.. weird!
To be honest I wouldn't go back even if it did come back... I have been entirely unimpressed with the way all the admins and mods have disappeared off the face of the planet. It had good history to it, but as far as I'm concerned that was all wasted. I can understand how it happened, but there was no excuse for such poor communication.
Running a community is a privilege and a responsibility!
To be honest I wouldn't go back even if it did come back... I have been entirely unimpressed with the way all the admins and mods have disappeared off the face of the planet. It had good history to it, but as far as I'm concerned that was all wasted. I can understand how it happened, but there was no excuse for such poor communication.
Running a community is a privilege and a responsibility!
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