is it me or mobileME

aicul · #1 July 20th, 2008, 04:24 AM

I'm trying to enter my domain on mobile me and my domain is refused.

The domain exists, and I have actually copy/pasted it just in case.

The only thing I can say is that either mobile me does not accept national domains (.IT, .CH, .FR) or does not accept hyphens "-".

Has anyone encountered the same issue?

[ps. I wish there was a mobileme forum ...]

Rhisiart · #2 July 20th, 2008, 06:32 AM

You may find a work around here.

aicul · #3 July 20th, 2008, 11:30 AM

based on this

Quote:

It's not just a problem with domains being excluded. Any domain name with a hyphen is also rejected, in spite of the statement on the me.com domain name page that hyphens are ok.

obtained from the above link, I guess we can only conclude that Apple has some fixing to do.

Satcomer · #4 July 23rd, 2008, 11:33 AM

I am giving up on MobileMe. I have been an iTools-.Mac-MobileMe user since it's begining. The sad part of this is I have been using the fancy email and this last "outage" I am giving up on MobileMe and stopping my yearly subscription and discouraging anyone else of using it.

I have been a Apple user almost since the very beginning. I have withstood the ridicule over years as I have received it for being an Apple user. Now with the disastrous iPhone 2.0 launch AND MobileMe fiasco is NOT the old Apple I have known in the past. Web 2.0 my ***, if this is Web 2.0 no thank you!

aicul · #5 July 23rd, 2008, 12:38 PM

Your reaction is shared. But I wanted to be a NEW customer of .MAC (or any other name).

Just that not being able to link my domain name is ridiculous.

If I consider the money I am investing in marketing and placing all on hold because apple cannot manage a "hyphen" in a domain name is ludicrous.

In the past we joked that MS copies Apple functionality.
Now we will joke that Apple is copying MS bugs.

yes, not the Apple I like to talk about

**fryke** · #6 July 24th, 2008, 03:12 AM

It's been working fine for me, I really dig the new web interface and push to my iPhone is fancy.

aicul · #7 July 24th, 2008, 04:23 AM

Yes, but how can someone expect to recieve mail (simply on web or via push on iphone) if your web site is not online?

I think we all agree that the mobileMe cloud will open fanatastic opportunities. But the fact is, basic things such as email, web hosting, DO NOT work for technical reasons that I believe humanity has already solved.

Honestly, apple should praise their lucky star that no one else proposes similar push solutions to general public. Any other web hoster having the same outages would face bankruptcy within days.

So I can understand and be patient, but - between you and me - I have yet to receive one of those much published emails of "apologies".

Satcomer · #8 July 24th, 2008, 02:27 PM

Well it is official! Mobile Me is going to be sidelined just like .Mac was because Walt Mossberg just penned Apple’s MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable!

If Apple has lost Mossberg there will be no way they can make Mobile Me mainstream now! IMHO Mobile Me will abandoned (by the higher ups at Apple) like .Mac was after the change from iTools.