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Telegrams t.me domain put on 'Server Hold' effectively disabling it worldwide. (greekcitytimes.com)
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Telegram’s core domain t.me has been placed on serverHold at the .me registry, effectively removing it from global DNS and rendering all t.me links inaccessible.

The change occurred today, according to domain records. As of now, there has been no official explanation from Telegram, the .me registry, or backend operator Identity Digital.

A serverHold is a registry-level status that completely dead-ends the domain, preventing it from resolving anywhere in the world.

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[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

To my knowledge, they peered with other registrars and hosts to manage the vending. At least, in 2008 ish they partnered almost exclusively with Apple (for their MobileMe cloud and email services issuing everyone dotME addresses) and GoDaddy. I think others had to resell somehow through them? But I could be mistaken on that detail.

Domain squatting was a very profitable scourge on the internet back before all the obvious names were brought up , but it was one of the few popular TLD's to gain any real traction with consumers until dotAI.

I very briefly held, and did nothing with, "pants.me" which I regret to this day.