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150000 2003-06-05 10:23:00 Does anyone know of anywhere I can park a Domain for free? Preferrably in New Zealand, but anything considered :)

Mike.
Mike (15)
150001 2003-06-05 10:26:00 what is "parking a domain"

if you have a domain you dont have to have it point to anything do you??
robsonde (120)
150002 2003-06-05 10:32:00 > what is "parking a domain"

When you register a domain you need to give the registry somewhere to direct people to when they type in your domain... Parking means you can attach your domain to an IP without having to have a website attached (and without having to pay for the IP.

> if you have a domain you dont have to have it point
> to anything do you??

I think you do - if I'm wrong then hopefully someone will tell me :D

Mike.
Mike (15)
150003 2003-06-05 10:50:00 You don't have to point it anywhere I don't think.

I'd go with Discout Domains (http://www.discountdomains.co.nz) they rock when it comes to .nz domains. They don't give you email accounts though unless you pay for them. You can redirect the domain to an orcon account as well.

If you're wanting some free email boxes until you get your hosting grab the domain with discount domains and transfer over to Register Direct (http://www.registerdirect.co.nz).
-=JM=- (16)
150004 2003-06-05 10:58:00 i do know of a free DNS server in USA that will let you have DNS and the you can set you MX info to have your email redirect to any place in the net.

cant remember the name right now but I will as a friend who uses it.
robsonde (120)
150005 2003-06-05 11:10:00 if the load is low, and you've got a 128k (256k + preferably) connection, you could probably run one on your own computer/a dedicated webserver box... you dont need much power at all.. just enough to run apache.

Then you simply use a dynamic-dns server like no-ip.com or dyndns and youre away laughing...
whetu (237)
150006 2003-06-05 13:09:00 http://www.no-ip.com
And...
http://www.dot.tk
would be just what you're after :-)
Chilling_Silently (228)
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