My goodness, time does fly by!
On 27th March 1997 I purchased my first ever domain: drake.org.uk.
I was working for Albatross Networks Ltd. of Norwich, and having set-up their ISP and web hosting operations, decided to treat myself to a domain so I could host my own web site and email. Why should everybody else have all the fun of owning their own domain?
I think I paid my boss whatever it cost the company at the time (£5) as we were Nominet members, so I registered it using the Nominet automaton rather than some fancy pants web site which we all use today. This involved sending an encrypted email (using PGP) to a specific address for Nominet’s system to process.
I’ve had many attempts over the years at writing web sites for drake.org.uk, and many have been documented via The Wayback Machine.
Just as often as my web site changed, I’ve undergone many, many changes of email server and client over the past 17 years. I’ve used Sendmail, MDaemon, Exim, Postfix, Google Apps for Business, Microsoft Hosted Exchange, and several others that have now since been lost to time.
I’ve been using Google Apps for Business since 2006 and despite some grumbles, saves me a LOT of hassle when it comes to managing my mail. I wouldn’t want to manage my own email on my own server because it’s an enormous pain in the rear end. It’s bad enough managing customer emails, but my own would be a nightmare. So I’m happy to used hosted email.
So happy birthday, drake.org.uk. I still remember when you were a nipper. Now you’ve all grown up. You’re almost ready to start driving. Next year, you’ll be able to start drinking legally.
Domain name:
drake.org.uk
Registrant:
Martyn Drake
Registrant type:
UK Individual
Registrant's address:
The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
address omitted from the WHOIS service.
Registrar:
eNom, Inc. [Tag = ENOM]
URL: http://www.enom.com
Relevant dates:
Registered on: 27-Mar-1997
Expiry date: 27-Mar-2015
Last updated: 09-Jan-2014
Registration status:
Registered until expiry date.
Name servers:
ns1.memset.com
ns2.memset.com
ns3.memset.com
WHOIS lookup made at 16:47:04 21-Feb-2014
