Ask HN: Admin.com Sleeping?

#1

Post by _wk47 » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 7:07 PM UTC

Has ULSAH been put on sleep mode?

Even the email address mentioned at the site is bouncing.

Re: Ask HN: Admin.com Sleeping?

#2

Post by LinuxBender » Tue, Dec 10, 2024, 7:31 PM UTC

It looks like you asked a few months ago [1] and nobody seemed to know. The last archive.is snapshot is from 2021 [2]. I had never heard of the site. Someone is still paying for the domain and have the DNS at Amazon. Their MX points to "localhost.admin.com" and that does not have any A records. The sub-domain book.admin.com does not have any A records either. Their SPF record states they do not send email. The domain registration expires 2031-11-16T05:00:00Z. Just guessing but maybe they lost whomever was supporting it and did not want to lose their Google ranking?

It appears that domain was primarily used to promote a book.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41254153

[2] - https://archive.is/*.admin.com

Re: Ask HN: Admin.com Sleeping?

#3

Post by mayureshkathe » Thu, Dec 12, 2024, 7:46 AM UTC

LinuxBender wrote: post #2

It looks like you asked a few months ago [1] and nobody seemed to know. The last archive.is snapshot is from 2021 [2]. I had never heard of the site. Someone is still paying for the domain and have the DNS at Amazon. Their MX points to "localhost.admin.com" and that does not have any A records. The sub-domain book.admin.com does not have any A records either. Their SPF record states they do not send email. The domain…

Thanks for responding and sharing the details.