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timmy
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We may need our web host to migrate this site to a new server. If so this will take 48 hourse to complete, worldwide. This means that we are likely to close the messageboard for that time period to avid message loss. OR we can risk the odd lost message and inconsisitency during the migration.
In either case I will make sure everyone knowns what is happening
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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timmy
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Discussions with the web host show that theonly sensible thing IS to migrate to a new server. The thing is, we may literally MOVE.
Now this means that the site will LEAVE the old server and ARRIEV at the new one. So far so good, but it takes the DNS 48 hours to synchronise worldwide. MOST parts of the world will have no more than 12 hours downtime. There is a minor risk of messages being lost. And haiku votes etc. We will probably ignore this risk.
Timing depends on Megaman and Bluedomino.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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trevor
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I guess there could be some interdependances within the site itself?
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trevor
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quite so long for just DNS? Or maybe there are some site-internal dependancies that require it?
Sorry about the botched post!
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timmy
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there are some software issues on the site that mean it is probably better left to synchronise by itself.
The problem we are facing is that the current web server's email port is "Spam Blocked" butthe spam police, and bluedomino and rackspace (the outsourcer of servers etc) seem unable to unblock it.
We've been told that a dozen hours for 90% of the world, and then a further 28 or so for the remaining 10% is the maximum downtime we will get.
We probably will not know the ip address before the event either
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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Is that the reason I no longer get ANYTHING from your mailing list?
Anyway, how hard can it be for them to NOT block hotmail as a destination address? That's just silly.
-L
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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timmy
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it's HOTMAIL that blocks me. So does AOL, Mindspring, etc etc etc etc. Look at the fornt page of the site and you wil see the reason, but not the cause.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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How dare they block my mails without asking me? You're sure it's Hotmail? If so, I'm prepared to fire off a truly royal complaint if that's the case!
-L
"But he that hath the steerage of my course,
direct my sail."
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act One, Scene IV
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timmy
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before you do, go to the front page and click the "Spam Police" link. You will not change their minds at all. Receiving email servers check the status of the various spamm block databases and accept or reject entire servers based on server characteristics. The recipient never knows
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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