Thank you.  After the transition is complete, will you remain active on the
list as a member?  Hope to hear from you on occasion.

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Carrington, Tom
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 6:35 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Vanagon List status and update
> 
> 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