[ale] ale.org is moving! DNS change needed.

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Mon, 2021-03-15 at 20:40 -0400, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-03-15 at 18:32 -0400, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> > All,
> > I am very concerned about the no contact from Mike. 
> > Can all the old farts start digging around for contact data.

> I'm here.  Still causing trouble, just from Athens lately.  Still at
> mhw at WittsEnd.com.  Lost my hosting an Colobolox but I have static
> IP's
> from Charter and I'm still self hosting DNS.

> > Robbie and/or Chris,
> > We will need to change dns hosting if Mike can't make the needed
> > changes. Please contact me off list and loop in Robert Tweedy.

> What do we need?

Interesting...  That's one of the domains I had hosted up at Hurricane
Electric.  Checking on that now.

Regards,
Mike

> > Old farts: please contact Chris and Robbie as well. Last seen
> > waving
> > canes at children on the lawn 😁.
> 
> Regards,
> Mike
> 
> > For the morbidly curious, the mad rush to avoid another $432/mo
> > bill
> > has been spotted by SWMBO and I must get this turned off by Friday
> > Mar 19, 2021.
> > 
> >  Many thanks to comcast for utterly refusing to do anything on the
> > account but offer another 2 year contract to lower the rate from
> > obscene back down  to merely absurd.
> > 
> >  On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 09:11:53AM -0500, Jim Kinney via Ale
> > wrote:
> > > > > As many know, the hosting of ale.org bits and services has
> > > > > been
> > > > > from
> > > my
> > > > > home on a VM for quite some time. The data connection was
> > > > > using
> > > Comcast
> > > > > Business class that while rock solid for years was certainly
> > > expensive.
> > > > > I recently shifted my home networking to AT&T Gig Fiber for
> > > > > WAY
> > > > > less
> > > > > money. It's bandwidth is not as reliable, a few hiccups, and
> > > > > no
> > > > > one
> > > > > seems able to provide me the actual static IP addresses I pay
> > > > > extra
> > > for
> > > > > monthly. I want a credit for services not provided and I'm
> > > > > talking
> > > with
> > > > > clueless people. (I expected this but was hopeful it would
> > > > > work
> > > > > out.
> > > > > It's been 5 months....)
> > > > > 
> > > > > As the Comcast contract ended, the monthly cost exploded
> > > > > (x2!!!)
> > > with
> > > > > apparently no recourse but a new contract.
> > > > > 
> > > > > So a new dedicated host is provisioned in Montreal with
> > > > > ServerMania
> > > for
> > > > > a really decent price and good bandwidth and capacity.
> > > > > ale.org
> > > > > will
> > > have
> > > > > a new VM with base OS easier to keep wordpress php upgraded
> > > > > than
> > > Centos
> > > > > 7.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Robert has worked to migrate existing content to the new
> > > > > hosting and
> > > we
> > > > > are ready to make the transition.
> > > > > 
> > > > > So.... It's time for a DNS party! Mike Warfield is the
> > > > > current
> > > > > DNS
> > > > > provider. I don't think anyone else needs to jump in unless
> > > > > there's
> > > a
> > > > > reason to change DNS hosting. But maybe a greybeard ale
> > > > > meeting
> > > > > is a
> > > > > good thing anyway. Probably virtual. Covid stinks.
> > > > > --
> > > > > Computers amplify human error
> > > > > Super computers are really cool
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> > > > > http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> > > > 
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> > > > See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> > > > http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> > > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Computers amplify human error
> > Super computers are really cool
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> > Ale at ale.org
> > https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
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> > http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> > 
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Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (o) +1 706 850-8773 |  mhw at WittsEnd.com
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