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I manage a number of websites and use domain forwarding of the URL to where the donated webspace lives. All of a sudden, the links using the domain, regardless of path, all went back to the home page. Worked properly as recently as last week (Wednesday).
So I called GoDaddy tech support - the lady-tech said I must have malware or a virus and should subscribe to their service to clean and protect the site. $205/yr. Well - I didn't bite that poisoned apple.
I went through the website and replaced the forwards with links to the true domain so once on the site, everything works. I still wanted to know what's going on.
Today I found out about the with/without path redirection options they offer.
Solved: Domain redirect to specific pages has stopped work... - GoDaddy Community[^]
The are several posts, including the solution.
This is a scam perpetrated by them. It seems related to renewals, and sure enough, that is the day the renewal of the domain came into affect.
They are a bunch of dirty dogs.
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Sorry to hear of your troubles.
As soon as I read "GoDaddy..." in your post I knew that was the root issue.
I had suffered much from GoDaddy two different times and they were absolutely clueless or purposefully unhelpful each time.
So I made the switch to SmarterASP.net - Unlimited ASP.NET Web Hosting[^]
It was a little painful to convert all 5 of my sites over there (with some backing DBs) but it was well worth it.
I have found SmarterASP to be helpful. You get the feeling that the people running the smarterasp have a stake in keeping it running.
You can use my referral id if you like : SmarterASP.net - Unlimited ASP.NET Web Hosting[^]
You can even try it for 60 days with no credit card to insure it supports your sites.
Anything I can do to get people way from GoDaddy. Good luck.
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Thanks for sympathy. Mainly, it get me riled and energized.
Fortunately (although it's why the problem suddenly exist) I use domain forwarding to an independent host site. All I need to do to move the site is transfer the domain and set up domain forwarding.
Copying over email forwards will be a hassle - but I can get a dump of them to a flat file and it at least, via the blessings of cut-and-paste, be rather easy.
And transparent to the users.
I followed your link and needed to send then an inquiry based upon what I need. Funny how finding so much of the pricing, such as Domain renewal pricing, is not straight forward on any of these sites.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
modified 4-Dec-18 6:54am.
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I hope you phoned them back and had a good rant.
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I, in fact, did.
Told them they're no different than the callers from Microsloth that need to remove a virus from my computer. They keep playing "I didn't know" - so, a screen shot, then a link - and of course I don't expect any results.
Along the way, after she read the items, I noted that really nothing I hear from GoDaddy cannot be taken as a lie. Oddly enough, I believe I got the tech on my side. If she was telling the truth, the assholes not only blindside customers but blindside their own tech support. Or just another liar.
As a number of other domain start to expire they will all be moving. Even if it cost a bit more for the same services I used to have (although apparently it's less). Voting with my feet (or in this case, wallet).
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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What, are you saying that there's a US corporation that you can't implicitly and totally trust to treat you with fairness and honour?
Don't be ridiculous.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Low pay meant I had to leave the keyboard factory, even though I put in a lot of shifts.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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So now... are you spending all day at home?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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You're getting the Control back of your life.
I'd rather be phishing!
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You'll need space in your new career!
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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And no tabs will be prescribed
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Bastards! Sounds Fn unfair to me. 
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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I've been keeping tabs on you and it's the same Alt story as usual.
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Be nice. Why don't you give ole' Griff a break?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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This is our way of underscoring that he can feel at Home, hear.
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At least you were able to Escape.
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You know what they say, when you lose Alt Control, Delete!
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Capital, capital! I rest my case.
/ravi
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Did they at least pick up the tab for your going away lunch?
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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Yep! It's not a Pause, it's the End - I've gone Home for good!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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... I've just bought a colour laser.
Every time I try to use it, the heads are dry - I must have poured more ink through it cleaning the heads and trying to get all jest working than actually went on paper where I wanted.
And now to cap it all, it's randomly spraying cyan on every print (even monochrome) and not printing it on the damn page where I want it.
Probably my own fault - I don't print often enough - but sod it, lasers don't have that problem (and the "starter toner" pack should last me a few years at the rate I print anyway 700 pages K and 500 CYM). I haven't bought a new ream of paper in three years and there is a good half of it left!
Anyone here found inkjets as much of a hassle as I have?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You should be able to remove the heads and soak them in some cleaning stuff (lots of google hits on what to do and how to do it). I also wrote this article:
Keep Your InkJet Print Head Clean[^]
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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