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Post Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:32 am

YAY!!

Now working from work - phew I was nearlly going to have to start doing some work! :roll: :oops: 8) :)
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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:24 pm

DzM,
Hope the new server location has a strong fan, because it looks as though this site will be smokin' for the next few months!
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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:44 pm

derelict81 wrote:Hope the new server location has a strong fan, because it looks as though this site will be smokin' for the next few months!
The really sad thing is that right now Medusa is running with less RAM and with a slower CPU than she's used to.

Hopefully Server A will arrive soon and I can get things back to normal ASAP.
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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:01 pm

Medusa and RAM and CPU in one sentence? You talk all crazy. :) Surely you wanted to say: "The really sad thing is that right now Medusa has to live in smaller and less comfortable house than she's used to. Draught under the door, squeaky floorboards, running taps. Hopefully, her old house, which was dismantled and now is being brought to her new place of dwelling, will be built again soon and her life can get back to normal ASAP."
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Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:15 pm

Zuzana wrote:Surely you wanted to say: "The really sad thing is that right now Medusa has to live in smaller and less comfortable house[...]."
Umm. Yeah. That's what I meant. You're absolutely right. :)
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Post Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:45 pm

A small update for those of you following along.

We have not yet made progress to the next step. Server A is (as far as I know) still in Oregon, and the people in possession of it are not answering email or phone calls so I have no idea how long it'll be before Server A makes it to me.

Poor Server B is doing its best to stay alive but is struggling under Medusa's weight.

And more small furry woodland animals (mythical and otherwise, I'm certain) are sacrificed on the alter of Plans That Didn't Go Right.
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Post Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:30 pm

Stick with her DzM.Good luck.
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Post Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:09 am

Another small update -

Due to the way AOL does spam blocking and an artifact of the server move, AOL users (and possibly some others at smaller ISPs) are not receving mail from <i>Medusa</i>. This means registration notices, Private Message notices, and Email sent via the fora are lost in the ether.

I'm working to fix this, but for now you AOL guys should complain to AOL about their crap policy of refusing to receive mail from IP addresses without reverse DNS entries. It's a knee-jerk protection that really does little to actually eliminate the spam load. The only way they will consider changing their policy is if their customers complain that it is causing them not to receive legitimate email from the rest of the world.

(tiny side note - I am still, after nearly three years, absolutely delighted not to be getting a paycheck from them)

KThanks!
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The saga goes on!

Post Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:44 pm

Update the First: The Reverse DNS issue is resolved. AOL users should now be receving the email notifications they expect. (Note that this has nothing to do with AOL changing their policy - Medusa now has a reverse DNS.)

Update the Second: The people in Oregon that are in possession of Server A have finally got back to me. They claim that Server A will be shipped to me next week. Fingers are crossed.

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Re: The saga goes on!

Post Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:03 am

DzM wrote:Update the Second: The people in Oregon that are in possession of Server A have finally got back to me. They claim that Server A will be shipped to me next week. Fingers are crossed.


Thats Good :)
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Welcome back Medusa.

Post Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:22 am

This thirty-two hour outage (approximately 21:00 GMT, Dec 25 through 01:00 GMT, Dec 27) brought to you by Server B locking up hard. Poor sad Server B.

Fingers crossed that Server A is actually shipped to me this week.
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Post Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:15 am

and not a moment too soon... I'm exhausted from yard and house work I'd put off for weeks. :) fingers are duly crossed.
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Post Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:35 am

I'm just happy to have the site back again. :)
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Post Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:16 am

Well done, DzM. Thanks for all the work you do keeping the Medusa afloat.
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Post Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:52 pm

Latest update for those keeping score at home:

Server A has (finally!) been shipped to me. Scheduled delivery is tomorrow, Jan 6. I'll take a week or so to refurbish it, and hope to place it in production next weekend or so (sometime on Friday, Jan 13 or Saturday, Jan 14).

Yay!
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