Re: FN-FORUM: 1&1 uk domain hosting

date posted 15th January 2004 15:36

I agree, 1&1's support pages are a tad difficult to make sense of. I've been
struggling with them myself this week. I have found that if you call them
instead, they're a lot more helpful. We all need to hear a human voice
occasionally...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Wilson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:08 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: 1&1 uk domain hosting


>
> a friend/client (well, i'll call him a friend until his starts paying
> me :)) has registered a domain via 1&1 uk. he wants that to point at a
> holding page i've thrown together. he hasn't got(/doesn't appear to)
> have any hosting package at 1&1.
>
> i can't make head nor tail of 1&1's support pages, and since i think
> they get mentioned here a fair bit, I thought i'd ask here, before
> trying 1&1's support...
>
> i'd prefer to host this site myself, so, ideally i want the dns
> modified to point to my box. it's not immediately obvious to me how to
> do this. is it possible though 1&1, or do i need to transfer the domain
> away from them?
>
> in the interests of getting it up quickly (fnarr!), i tried to upgrade
> his package to include some hosting, but it told me the account had
> already been modified/upgraded this month, and i'd have to wait. what?
> they don't want me (well, his) money? fools.
>
> *sigh*
>
> i'm offering a chocolate bar[1] as reward for any useful advice.
>
> ...j
>
> [1] which i shall eat on your behalf.
>
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