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Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by jrootabega »

branon wrote: post #5

Link's 404, Toot removed apparently. What happened? I use Gandi. They were acquired by a holdings company years ago but that's all I know.

There's a little toast/growl message thing that says that toot has been rate limited. As of now it says try again after 30 minutes past the hour.

EDIT: It works briefly every 5 or 10 minutes, until it gets rate limited again.

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by wlesieutre »

microtonal wrote: post #10
wlesieutre wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Crunchbase says leveraged buyout by private equity firm Montefiore Investment in 2019 https://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/montefiore-investment... If that's the case I'm surprised it took 4 years for me to hear anything about it turning shitty

Because Montefoire sold them to a scummy company: https://your.online/press-release/

Good find. I've never heard of "Total Webhosting Solutions," anybody had experience with them?

It's a bummer if Gandi goes downhill. I've never used them personally but I heard a lot of recommendations that they were a good registrar.

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by _fat_santa »

swayvil wrote: post #15

So who's the trustworthy, low-bullshit registrar now? I've been using Gandi for over a decade.

I personally use Namecheap and Name.com for a few other domains. My rule of thumb is domain registrars only get to manage my domains. Registrars love to upsell you on email and hosting but in my experience that's where all the bullshit starts. If you just buy a domain, you could go to place like GoDaddy and probably have a decent experience.

EDIT: Just like I said, in the original thread they are talking about Ghandi screwing customers on email inboxes. Follows my rule of "anything outside of domains and the bs starts".

Re: Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes

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Post by nraynaud »

wlesieutre wrote: post #16
microtonal wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Montefoire sold them to a scummy company: https://your.online/press-release/

Good find. I've never heard of "Total Webhosting Solutions," anybody had experience with them? It's a bummer if Gandi goes downhill. I've never used them personally but I heard a lot of recommendations that they were a good registrar.

They used to be, got greedier and here we are.
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