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Subject:Re: Vanagon List status and update
From:Mike Miller
Date:Wed, 31 May 2006 07:21:08 -0700

Ohh, I LIKE this imagery!

Mike

On 5/31/06 5:27 AM, "Christopher Gronski" <gronski@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> And so ends the Era of Tom and Gerry, thanks for all your wonderful work!
>
> Chris
>
> On 5/30/06, Carrington, Tom <TCarrington@relitech.com> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Just want to give you a heads-up about changes that are happening to the
>> list.
>>
>> Effective rather immediately, Jim Arnott is in charge of the care and
>> feeding of the list. In other words, it is now his discretion on what kind
>> of content is acceptable to post, who can post, who needs to be censored,
>> etc.
>>
>> Jim's a good guy and been on the list for years and years, so please treat
>> him with the respect that he deserves. Also, please take a moment to thank
>> him for taking on the task - I'm sure he would appreciate it.
>>
>> For now, the server will remain in Maryland, and I will continue to maintain
>> the system, hardware, perform backups, etc.
>>
>> The server will be moved to a new IP address on the 31st of May. The DSL
>> circuit that has been the link for Gerry to all of you is being replaced by
>> a fiber-optic connection. It is much faster, and hopefully more reliable!
>>
>> During the transition, the Internet will need to learn of the new connection
>> that serves Gerry. It may take 24-48 hours for the change to propogate
>> across all the servers on the Internet, so don't be too shocked if your mail
>> is temporarily delayed.
>>
>> It is also possible that some anti-SPAM services on the 'net will need be
>> informed of the change. I'll be watching the error logs and notifying
>> postmasters/system administrators at affected domains to let the mail come
>> through. :)
>>
>> For you techies, the new IP address of Gerry will be 71.126.148.6
>>
>> Thanks for your patience during this transition!
>>
>> Regards,
>> TomC
>>
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