[Hidden-tech] Anyone with experience recovering an account from Dream host ??

[Michael Muller]

Agreed. I would start by calling Dreamhost to see if they can simply pay 
the bill with their own credit card to get the site back up. Some hosts 
allow anyone to call in a cc to pay for the hosting, knowing this is 
sometimes an issue.

Mik

Mik Muller, president
Montague WebWorks
20 River Street, Greenfield, MA
413-320-5336
http://MontagueWebWorks.com
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On 8/22/2022 10:42 AM, PeopleFirst Technology via Hidden-discuss wrote:
> This is a perennial problem any time the contact emails listed in the 
> registration are unavailable — on a budget hosts/registrars that have 
> only minimal support.
>
> Are all 3 contacts for the domain the same unavailable person, and 
> their survivors no longer have access to the deceased's email (to 
> receive ownership verification emails). If so, you might have to 
> petition the registrar as to what methods they will use to accept 
> verification, such as a drivers license, past paid bills, etc. to 
> verify that the domain owner is who it should be.
>
> It goes without saying that you'll need a little bit of luck to reach 
> someone patient and competent at Dreamhost.
>
> And this is a good reminder for everyone: keep your owner, admin and 
> technical contacts updated and different from each other (not all your 
> eggs in one basket), and to avoid budget hosts/registrars.
>
> Good luck,
> Zach
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 1:24 PM Rich at tnr via Hidden-discuss 
> <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>
>     I'm trying to help a website client whose tech has passed away within
>     the last month
>
>     Her website is hosted at Dreamhost - domain appears to registered via
>     that account also.
>
>     All I get is dumb chatbots and dead forums -- anyone with any
>     meaningful
>     results ??
>
>     Will share more details offline
>
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