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[SadieKate]

Thanks, Irulan. That's a good idea to protect another.

The domain is registered with a real registrar but through AT&T/yahoo, so I'm more worried about AT&T/yahoo. The doman locking is a service I pay for to protect it. I should call AT&T . . . in my spare time. After this weekend, life will be a little easier.

One last day to pack for the next load. I'm gonna need some coffee.

[onimity]

when you registered the domain, you made it yours for whatever term you selected. You can legally transfer the registration to another registrar (see http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm), but registrars do limit when you can do that, i.e., in the time just before expiration. I've found it *much* easier to deal with the company that you want to transfer the domain to. A company losing business isn't as motivated to help you as a company potentially getting business.

The other issue is hosting though. New registrar or old registrar, you will still need to point the domain to a nameserver that identifies the machine where the site is hosted. So if the site is hosted with AT&T/yahoo too, you will either need to move the site to another server or continue to pay the cost of hosting the site there. The hosting charge should be billed separately from your ISP charge. (though it looks like the domain just redirects to the blog...is there any actual content on amiciveloci.org itself?)

Anne

[SadieKate]

(though it looks like the domain just redirects to the blog...is there any actual content on amiciveloci.org itself?)

Anne

Bing! You are correct! Only a redirect.

aka_kim, I never use the "behind the scenes" yahoo email, only the sbcglobal email. I think a "yahoo.com" email is always free? I remember getting it eons ago, like probably the last century. I'll need to check if everything gets forwarded to the sbcglobal address.

My list of questions is building.

[onimity]

In that case, if it turns out you are paying a separate hosting charge I am happy to let you point the domain to my server and handle the redirect for you. It's silly to spend extra $ on that when there are bikes to spend money on and you AV ladies are really wonderful and inspirational.

A.

[SadieKate]

Ah, what an offer. Thank you so much. I'll keep you posted. I'll probably handle this in November once I've got Qwest email live and operational.

[Irulan]

when you registered the domain, you made it yours for whatever term you selected. You can legally transfer the registration to another registrar (see http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm), but registrars do limit when you can do that, i.e., in the time just before expiration. I've found it *much* easier to deal with the company that you want to transfer the domain to. A company losing business isn't as motivated to help you as a company potentially getting business.

No kidding. It took **4** phone calls and then some for Network Solutions to release MY stuff to a new registrar. Short story, I finally had to get really nasty with them as they just wouldn't do what they said they were going to do. I was warned by the company I was transferring to who interestingly enough charges much less than NS.

[aka_kim]

My 2 cents -

Your domain registration and your ISP account are most likely not linked, so switching providers shouldn't be a problem. You do want to contact Yahoo Domains about your new mailing address, and make sure you keep your yahoo email account.