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[Jason Marinaro <j AT marinaro.cc>]

I got this email, although it did go into "Spam" folder.


On Thursday, April 16, 2026 3:27:07 PM Mountain Standard Time deepend wrote:
> Not to interrupt this topic.  Just would like to confirm any of my emails
> get through on here.  I get a lot of bounce back anytime I’ve replied.  
> Not sure if that’s directly to do with my email account or something else.
> 
> Disabling non working T1s is a great idea though.
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On Apr 16, 2026, at 2:37 PM, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> wrote:
> > Of course the moment I send this email, I finally locate the previous
> > discussion.  From August 15, 2025: ----------
> > ns3.opennic.glue    (neo)    Disabled in 2019
> > ns11.opennic.glue    (o)    Last responded April 2024
> > ns12.opennic.glue    (cyb)    Last responded June 2020
> > ns13.opennic.glue    (epic)    Last responded October 2023
> > ns14.opennic.glue    (chan)    Online but no longer serving Opennic data
> > (last pass was Jun 2024)
> > 
> > Additionally NS5 and NS9 are unresponsive, but do not serve any TLDs
> > (possibly should be removed then?)
> > 
> > I have also heard that the admin of .null/.oz has not been responding to
> > requests for new TLDs even though their server is still operational.
> > ----------
> > 
> >> On 4/16/26 14:28, Jeff Taylor wrote:
> >> We started discussing the T1 servers before, I don't remember if there
> >> had been any specific resolutions so I thought I'd start a new thread to
> >> keep the issues separate.
> >> 
> >> NS5: Offline since April 7, 2024.  Does not host any TLDs
> >> 
> >> NS10: Failing NULL and OZ since Jan 29, 2026.  Hosts NULL and OZ.
> >> (Does not seem to respond at all to NULL queries, occasionally responds
> >> to OZ queries) NULL zone is 601 lines long: 3 A records, 585 NS records.
> >>  Serial 2025124686 OZ zone is 615  lines long: 3 A records is 599 NS
> >> records.  Serial 2025124709
> >> 
> >> NS12: Offline since June 9, 2020.  Hosts the CYB zone.
> >> CYB zone is 485 lines long: 180 A records, 62 NS records.  Serial
> >> 1576030081
> >> 
> >> NS13: offline since October 23, 2023.  Hosts the EPIC zone
> >> EPIC zone is 1-74 lines long: 418 A records, 191 NS records. Serial
> >> 3603527043
> >> 
> >> NS14: failing since June 2024.  Hosts the CHAN zone
> >> I believe the admin of that server responded, but it doesn't appear that
> >> any updates have been made.  The server is refusing all queries. CHAN
> >> zone is 1364 lines long: 550 A records, 189 NS records. Serial
> >> 1556853233
> >> 
> >> My recommendation is to disable all of these for now until they can be
> >> fixed or deleted.  The TLD zones would continue to be hosted by the
> >> operational servers just like they are doing now, however it would
> >> prevent the server from being listed as a DNS source and testing would
> >> stop on these machines (meaning they wouldn't automatically be brought
> >> back to online status until the admin lets us know they are operational
> >> again).  The servers would no longer be listed on the reports page, and
> >> would only appear on the servers page to people who logged in.  The
> >> admin of each machine can log in to the servers page and reactivate
> >> their machine whenever they are ready.
> >> 
> >> Any thoughts?  Any further discussion?  I don't think this is something
> >> we need to vote on since it's more of an administrative change, but open
> >> discussion is still encouraged.  If there is no communication from any
> >> of the admins, then we will start new threads on the fate of each of the
> >> TLDs.
> >> 
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