Posted by John Hosking on 04/10/07 19:26

Grant Robertson wrote:
> Here is the response I recieved from DirectNIC.com
>
> ============================
> Hello Grant,
>
> I had to enable the Name Anchors function for your 'demml.org' domain,

They have a *Name Anchors function*??!?! Whatever for? Do they also have
a Heading-2 function, so that <h2> is permitted?

"I had to enable..." through extra effort that which we first had to
disable, also through extra effort. In other words, we are morons, and
we like to mangle your code with no good reason and also with no notice,
so you should leave us and change hosts right away.


> and it is working on the 'http://demml.org/goals/problem/index.htm' page
> now. You may have to completely flush your DNS before you can see it
> working properly.

I think you should flush the whole account... (although: they *did*
actually answer you. You don't get that kind of service just everywhere).

>
> When I looked at the page this morning it worked. Why they would filter
> these out in the first place is beyond me. This does lead me to suspect
> that they are filtering more out than I know. The source that shows up
> when I View Source is indented very messy whereas I am very particular
> about indenting and things in my own code. It looks as if I may have to
> find a real hosting solution sooner than later.

Yea, verily.

--
John

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