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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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DATE: 11/9/2006 (US DATE FORMAT)
START TIME: 23:00 EST
ESTIMATED END TIME: 03:00 EST
During this period our ISP will be applying many patches. Our server will be rebooted. The site SHOULD restart cleanly at the end of this, but it is a complex site with the potential for mini issues, especially after a large patch-fest. So please be patient.
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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cossie
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Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
Registered: July 2003
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If I've converted correctly, the server will be out on Friday (10/11/06) from 4.00.a.m. to 8.00.a.m.
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Aussie
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Registered: August 2006
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Does EST refer to Eastern Standard Time (USA & Canada)
Aussie
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Yes. EST (Eastern Standard Time) is GMT -5.
EST is between 13 hours behind Australia (AWST) and 16 hours behind (AEDT). So, for an Australian, the outage starts somewhere between Friday noon (if you're in AWST) and 3 PM (if you're in AEDT), and ends 4 hours later.
Hope that helps.
David
[Updated on: Wed, 08 November 2006 02:04] |
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Aussie
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Really getting into it |
Registered: August 2006
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Yep I think you have it right.
3PM to 7PM 10/11/06 AEDT
Thanks
Aussie
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13751
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To be fair, we expect everything to go well. Or that's what we've told our software. "We expect you to restart correctly," we've told it.
Like all software it has sat there, inscrutable, and probably chuckled inside.
This is not really something we can test for in advance. We know the operating system will start. We know the server environment is set to restart. We know all the various tasks and jobs we run in the background are set to restart. But we'll only know for sure when we get no errors reported.
The truly great thing is that this ISP warns us properly. The last ISP was ISPServer. They were OK, but support was all in Russian, and all they were was a sales organisation reselling space in data centres globally. We started in Florida and ended up in Asslick, Philadelphia. And every time, for there were several, that we were migrated, it all went tits up. They even messed about with file permissions within our environment.
Before them was Bluedomino. That was our last "managed" service. They were OK at the start, but became truly awful at the end. Their downfall was getting onto the SPEWS spam blocklist and not getting rid of the spammer. He went, eventually. But we were still stuck behind the blocklist until we "forced" them to grant us a clean IP address. But that was 9 months of trouble and strife with their "Chief Admin", Vlad the Impaler.
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 this like roadrage, but getting cross with the internet?
Hugs
N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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Hey is it just me or have all the e-mail updates stoped.
So say what you want
(You know I'm wasting all my time)
You've gotta mean it when you say what you want
(You're only safe when you're alone)
And everybody's on your mind
Saying anything to get you by
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13751
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It must be you. Try resubscribing. It won't let you be on the list twice
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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No, Jay, it's not just you. It's happened to me too. I registered with a different address and I still don't get them
I'll re-subscribe and see what happens
Hugs
Nigel
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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all ready have. and still nothing
So say what you want
(You know I'm wasting all my time)
You've gotta mean it when you say what you want
(You're only safe when you're alone)
And everybody's on your mind
Saying anything to get you by
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13751
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what happens is that our server tries your server. If your emails bounce more often than a figure I have forgotten it just strips you out of the database. This includes "Mailbox is Full"
It might be your spam filter.
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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No my mail box has 2gb left of 4gb. and i have subscribed
So say what you want
(You know I'm wasting all my time)
You've gotta mean it when you say what you want
(You're only safe when you're alone)
And everybody's on your mind
Saying anything to get you by
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cossie
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On fire! |
Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
Registered: July 2003
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... I get one occasionally (around once a week) but by no means each time there is an update. The last one reached me last Friday.
There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with my registration, and the relevant inbox is only used for mail associated with this site and has a huge amount of unused capacity. Not a problem for me, as I check in daily, but it does bear out what others are saying.
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Dates I've had emails from the mailing list:
(October) 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31
(November) only the 03 (last Friday)
I've checked the spambox and haven't missed any.
David
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nov/06 is the last day I got an e-mail
So say what you want
(You know I'm wasting all my time)
You've gotta mean it when you say what you want
(You're only safe when you're alone)
And everybody's on your mind
Saying anything to get you by
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I definitely haven't had an email since the 3rd. I've been through the mail server logs to check for any messages that might have gone astray, and there aren't any.
David
[Updated on: Thu, 09 November 2006 01:58] |
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Jedediah
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Location: Made in NZ
Registered: March 2006
Messages: 170
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Emails are not arriving here either - last one was 3 Nov.
cheers
E Te Atua tukuna mai ki au te Mauri tauki te tango i nga mea
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Just to echo what others are saying - - - Friday November 3rd was the last update email.
Teddy
“There's no grays, only white that's got grubby. I'm surprised you don't know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That's what sin is.” - Terry Pratchett
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13751
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It seems there is a problem. I just realised I am not getting emails either! We'll solve it.
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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I haven't had e-mails either and Timmy hasn't replied to one I sent, so I suspect for some reason I have been ostracised. Timmy, did you get my mail about activating my mailbox? Sorry to use the public forum for this.
Spunky
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timmy
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Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13751
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We are having a few odd issues with email right now
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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