[lopsa-discuss] Domain recovery

[Jesse Trucks]

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Gilbert Wilson wrote:
> All,
> 
> One of my tennant organization's has no idea where or how to control
> their domain name.  The domain is scoville.org
> 
> Out of the goodness of my heart I said I would help, not realizing
> exactly what I was getting involved in.
> 
> I did a whois of the domain and here is the whoafully outdated output I got:

[SNIP]

> They have no idea why the tech contact is in Japan, and the person at
> Verio (where their site is hosted) was not at all helpful.  Is there
> any way to track down and recapture control of this domain name?  The
> registrant email bounces back and I'd rather not email Japan,
> especially when it smells funny.  What/where should I look?
> 

I recently helped a client through this painful process. Contact the
registrar to find out how to have the contact data changed when the
email address is no longer accessible. It usually involves filling
out a form and faxing in copies of either company documents or
personal ID, as well. Surprisingly, NetSol is very good about
handling these requests. I've not experienced this with other
registrars, so I don't know how well Verio will be on this one.

Good luck.

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Jesse Trucks, GCIH, GCUX
jesse at cyberius.net
http://www.cyberiusnetwork.com
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