GET RID OF register.BOMB

Post #24,950 by folkert 1/20/02 1:15:49 PM Reply	GET RID OF register.BOMB I am sorry, but I called Register.com today and they said they were having technical difficulties. A Corrupt domainname DB in their Billing System!!!!! They just have to get it to "reset" all the ka-jillions of records now. Some of the records are fine, they do not know the cause of the problem, but just they are fixing it. AHHHHHHH! <reminder_to_self> NEVER USE REGISTER.COM or NSI! </reminder_to_self> `greg, curley95@attbi.com -- REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!` In 2002, everyone will discover that everyone else is using linux. Linux: Good, fast AND cheap. Failure is not an option: It comes bundled with Windows. ** "Two rules to success in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know." - Sassan Tat
Post #24,951 by Ashton 1/20/02 3:20:47 PM Reply	Superfluous redundancy That is, if you can read this - you don't need the info - but you might if one box works an t'other didn't: As Karsten pointed out on maillist: DNS queries for "iwethey.org" and "z.iwethey.org" fail. Both sites are hosted from 65.85.143.144. However, plugging that IP into your browser directly won't work as this brings up the default website (darkwind.org). To fix the issue, you need to edit Linux/Unix: /etc/hosts or Windows 95/98 -- unconfirmed: C:\\Windows\\Hosts or Windows NT/2000/XP: c:\\winnt\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts and add the following line: 65.85.143.144 z.iwethey.org iwethey.org If you're using proxy servers (Junkbuster, Squid, etc.) you'll have to edit the hosts file on this system as well, and possibly restart your proxy (this is required for Squid). This info for those of us for whom the arcane is not a daily indigestible and often illegible, but always annoying necessity . A. PS - confirmed re W98 hosts file entry - just one name (z.iwethey) no workee. WW didn't need massaging beyond this - if WW is your proxy. Gotta log off/on ISP, for TCP to wise up. Ahh.. we take these intensely dumb and punctilious serial processes for granted.. until one little *&$(@ ; gets lost.
Post #24,968 by ChrisR 1/20/02 11:02:57 PM Reply	Mailing list? I didn't know we had a mailing list. So how do you go about getting on the list?
Post #24,979 by kmself 1/21/02 2:09:44 AM Reply	http://www.vtluug.org/mailman/listinfo/iwe/ The info/subscription page is at [link\|http://www.vtluug.org/mailman/listinfo/iwe/\|[link\|http://www.vtluug.org/mailman/listinfo/iwe/\|http://www.vtluug.o...istinfo/iwe/]]. I'm the moderator, along with Rob Nelson. Thanks to VTLUUG for hosting. `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] [link\|http://kmself.ix.netcom.com/\|[link\|http://kmself.ix.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.ix.netcom.com/]] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?`
Post #25,034 by admin 1/21/02 9:35:31 PM Reply	That wasn't the problem, according to Jason. Our registration ran out, and all the notices were sent to Jason's now defunct @home email address. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #25,038 by static 1/21/02 10:05:02 PM Reply	Payment? Did you want someone else to fund the renewal? (If so, how?) Wade "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #25,044 by admin 1/21/02 11:00:38 PM Reply	Already taken care of, don't worry about it. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #25,053 by Meerkat 1/22/02 12:01:18 AM Reply	You folks are too kind! Thanks again. On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #25,051 by Ashton 1/21/02 11:47:15 PM Reply	At least.. no one bought up the name and - offered it to BillyCo for its new role, IWETHEY I Want Everything They Have Except Yahoo - a website dedicated to helping users convert inferior off-brand systems to Industry Standard M/Sloth Trustworthy Software\ufffd :-\ufffd The Thousand Year Reich
Post #25,052 by Meerkat 1/21/02 11:59:06 PM Reply	Applause for the acronym! /me worships Ashton... On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #25,046 by folkert 1/21/02 11:18:56 PM Reply	Coolio... Maybe I won't have to boycott register.com then... They still have some problems according to a follow-up phone call to the contact from early yesterday. Course I guess I must have caught somone off-guard and just asked about a "suspected" problem, which turned out to be real. At least we still got it. If we need funds to make it longer lemme know. `greg, curley95@attbi.com -- REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!` In 2002, everyone will discover that everyone else is using linux. Linux: Good, fast AND cheap. Failure is not an option: It comes bundled with Windows. ** "Two rules to success in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know." - Sassan Tat
Post #25,099 by admin 1/22/02 10:26:47 AM Reply	Which contact would that be? Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

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