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9 Nov 2010, 01:03 PM | #16 |
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Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: EMAILIAS.COM Created on: 01-Jun-00 Expires on: 07-Sep-11 Last Updated on: 11-Jan-10 Administrative Contact: Private, Registration EMAILIAS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598 Technical Contact: Private, Registration EMAILIAS.COM@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598 Domain servers in listed order: NS05.DOMAINCONTROL.COM NS06.DOMAINCONTROL.COM **************************************** Name: Network Operations Handle: NETWO2178-ARIN Company: Emailias Address: 109 East 17th Street Address: #25 City: Cheyenne StateProv: WY PostalCode: 82001 Country: US RegDate: 2008-01-03 Updated: 2008-01-03 Phone: +1-866-605-9160 (Office) Email: noc@emailias.com Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/NETWO2178-ARIN |
9 Nov 2010, 11:38 PM | #17 |
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I also did not get a warning email. They did not mind taking money for my renewal two weeks ago.
Now I have to figure out what to do about the hundreds of DEAs I had set up. |
10 Nov 2010, 11:33 AM | #18 |
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Hi,
Yeah, the sc*zzbuckets at Emailias didn't inform me by email either. The site seemed to have been taken over a year or more ago and since then the customer service went downhill for me. The support@ email address was replaced by a suggest@ (!) address. I had been a member since 2004 and the previous owner was pleasant, replied quickly to emails and even implemented some of my suggestions. The new owners never replied to my emails. The website looked as if it hadn't been redesigned since Day 1 but it was always for me the most feature-rich DEA service. There was never any buzz about it combined with an awful name.. I intend to continue to stay away from Gmail and the plus-addressing and just make do with Fastmail's aliases/personalities. I'm thankful I downloaded the spreadsheet of emailiases every month and did so 5 days before the site closed down. Pity all my favourite websites are closing down, |
11 Nov 2010, 04:53 AM | #19 |
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Email not lost
I was really worried about losing all the email that had been sent to my domain that I handed over to emailias. I've removed the MX servers, and now the old emails are slowly trickling in. The emails sent to emailias.com however...
I have lost all my data as I did not download the spreadsheet since I had no idea that it would just disappear one day. I'm not so upset about the $10 that emailias stole from me... but the lost data!!!!! |
11 Nov 2010, 12:26 PM | #20 |
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Here are two links to some information about Paul MacIntosh, the guy who invented and founded Emailias. As wesley4 says, when he owned the company he was very responsive and kind. It's too bad he sold it. Anybody feel like tracking him down to see if he can be convinced to start it up again?? Or at least see if he can lean on the bozo who shut it down to email all former users their databases?
http://www.spoke.com/info/pbVTyo/PaulMacIntosh http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmacintosh |
12 Nov 2010, 05:56 AM | #21 | |
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I've been using spamgourmet. You can only redirect mail to one real address though. |
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12 Nov 2010, 06:09 AM | #22 |
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Former owner here...
Hi all,
This is Paul MacIntosh, the former owner of Emailias. As you know, Emailias was sold a couple of years ago. I was working with the new owner up until this past February, at which point I was let go from their service. Regarding the closure, I and other members did receive a generic email notice a month or two ago indicating the service would be closed down on November 5 (last Friday). They also sent another notice email on the Monday prior to shutting down the service. I don't know what criteria was used to select the email addresses to send to, but it seems a number of members did not receive the notice. For my part, sorry for any inconvenience caused. I was not involved with any decision to close it down. I sold the company further the product with more solid financial backing. Ultimately, it turned out to not be a good fit (me and them). Due to non-compete agreements, I can't start a new service (people have asked me). Also, due to some non-disclosure agreements, I won't provide info about the company that acquired Emailias. Sorry for seeming non-helpful on these points, but it's a lawsuit thing. Thanks for the loyal members that stuck with the ups and downs during the years I ran it. I really tried to provide a good member experience and support. I enjoyed getting to know many of you. Sorry that changed and that it's now all gone. :-( Best regards, --Paul. |
12 Nov 2010, 06:14 AM | #23 | |
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It seems like since they closed the business, you wouldn't be competing if you started up another similar service. |
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12 Nov 2010, 01:38 PM | #24 |
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Contacting owners
I came here to say that domainsbyproxy says that emailias.com@domainsbyproxy.com will go to the current site admin. I've sent an email and will let you know how it turns out.
Paul - thank you so much for posting here. It's really good to know that we're not totally cut-off. Anything you can do in terms of contacting the owner on our behalf would be above-and-beyond, but we've come to expect that from you I do want to say that I have checked *all* of my inboxes and spam folders and there is not a single message from emailias informing me about this shutdown. |
13 Nov 2010, 01:23 AM | #25 |
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Forwarded this thread...
I just forwarded the link for this discussion thread to the current owners.
Good luck! --Paul. |
13 Nov 2010, 01:53 AM | #26 |
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Hi Paul,
I appreciate your replies - it means a lot. Emailias was always streets ahead of Spamgourmet and the rest in terms of features. and GREAT SERVICE |
13 Nov 2010, 02:25 AM | #27 |
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Wow, just stumbled on to this thread after googling emailias. Had been a member from 2003 and all 3,000+ of my emailias's went up in smoke. No email from them a month ago or a week ago, nada. Thought something was funny when my mail volume dropped a few days ago.
Funny, paid for another year a couple months back but have received no credit on my credit card for the extra 10 months of service they will not be providing. There has to be some protection for folks that paid and got stiffed. Wonderful, no access to the site and no way to download 7 years of addresses. Hopefully this new owner gets on the ball and provides a way for users to retrieve all their past addresses. If Paul cannot compete, I will. It can't be that hard to hire some genuis off elance to code a site like emailias. Since the site is dead there is nothing to compete against anyway. |
13 Nov 2010, 05:06 AM | #28 | |
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So allow me to address some of the Spamex question in-line below:
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13 Nov 2010, 05:15 AM | #29 |
The "e" in e-mail
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Spamex is a great service -- I highly recommend them. They occasionally go into hiatus for upgrades and news, but the service itself continues working without fault.
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