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Domain expiry - what now?
Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 1:13 pm
by syssifus
Hey there,
it seems like the domain for the forum will expire in four days, with renewal and transfer blocked. What's going to happen to this forum?
If this forum is going to die, could you at least publish the phpbb files so the forum doesn't have to be scraped and can be searchably reproduced somewhere else?
Either way, I hope this isn't the end. So what's the plan?
Thanks!
Re: Domain expiry - what now?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 7:36 am
by Nirvana09
24 HOURS
Re: Domain expiry - what now?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 1:53 pm
by astral
Uh oh... I believe Bill Morrow is not available for an extended period of time, but RBS was maintaining the site in the meantime - I hope this place isn't going anywhere.
Edit: I checked whois for this domain and it appears to have been updated on the 29th. Expiry is now set to 2030 - I think we're ok.
Re: Domain expiry - what now?
Posted: Sat May 31, 2025 12:21 am
by RealBlackStuff
Nope, I was never maintaining the site, just assisting/supervising.
It's strictly up to Bill Morrow what happens further.
Re: Domain expiry - what now?
Posted: Sat May 31, 2025 3:58 am
by syssifus
astral wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 1:53 pm
appears to have been updated on the 29th. Expiry is now set to 2030
Huh well I don't see that information.
Still sais that it'll expire today over on this website:
https://www.whois.com/whois/thinkpads.com
Re: Domain expiry - what now?
Posted: Sat May 31, 2025 4:06 am
by syssifus
Well oof, I can't edit my posts here because they're locked in moderator limbo, but I can confirm your findings now. godaddy's own whois lookup has the new date set.
And this explains a lot, taken from reddit:
That status is set by Godaddy. It's not telling Godaddy they can't renew it.
Godaddy, like most registars lock domains to prevent domain hijacking. GD sets the following by default on every domain when it's in locked status.
clientDeleteProhibited
clientRenewProhibited
clientTransferProhibited
clientUpdateProhibited
It's simply for protection. When the registrant wants to transfer it or even update contact info, they must login to Godaddy and unlock it first. GD technically doesn't need it unlocked to renew the domain, and auto-renew happens on the expiration date.
Re: Domain expiry - what now?
Posted: Sat May 31, 2025 7:38 am
by RealBlackStuff
@syssifus:
You can now send PM.
@everybody:
Website has been renewed for another 5 years
Updated On 2025-05-29 T 07:36:44 Z
Expires On 2030-05-31 T 11:59:59 Z
Topic closed.