[VPM] Please save victoria.pm

[Philip Yuson]

So Peter,
How can we help?



Peter Scott wrote:
> We're hosted there (i.e., http://victoria.pm.org/) and have the usual 
> two mailing lists (AFAIK no one uses the digest form, so really just the 
> one: victoria-pm at pm.org).
> 
> Cc: to victoria.pm for information (mainly Darren's at that); VPM 
> members please remove user_groups at pm.org if you reply.
> 
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: pm_groups-bounces at mail.pm.org
>  > [mailto:pm_groups-bounces at mail.pm.org] On Behalf Of Dave Cross
>  > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 10:03 AM
>  > To: pm_groups at pm.org
>  > Subject: [pm_groups] pm.org hosting changes
>  >
>  > For several years, the pm.org server has been hosted for free
>  > by Rackspace and we're very grateful to them for the help
>  > they've given us.
>  > Unfortunately, that free service will be ending very early
>  > next year and the pm.org server will be moving elsewhere.
>  >
>  > As part of the move we are going to have to scale down the
>  > level of service that we provide for Perl Monger local
>  > groups. Once the new server is established we will provide
>  > the following for free:
>  >
>  >   * Web sites with static content only.
>  >   * FTP and/or WebDAV access to maintain web sites.
>  >   * Mailing lists.
>  >   * DNS
>  >
>  > The major changes will be that no dynamic content will be
>  > allowed and no group leaders will have shell access to the
>  > server. We're sorry that we have to put this restrictions in
>  > place, but the internet is a very different place to what is
>  > was when we set the service up many years ago. If you want to
>  > host your site on a less restrictive server that you have
>  > more control over then we are, as always, happy to point the
>  > DNS records at another server.
>  >
>  > Also, I'm concerned about the large number of dead groups
>  > that we are hosting on the server. This is a particular
>  > problem given the amount of spam that is sent to mailing
>  > lists. As a result of this, we'll only be moving over web
>  > sites and mailing lists if they are specifically requested.
>  >
>  > If you want your web site and/or mailing moved to the new
>  > server, then please send an email with the subject 'Please
>  > save [xxx].pm' (replacing [xxx] with the name of your group)
>  > to user_groups at pm.org. Within the email, please list the url
>  > of your site and the name of your mailing list(s).
>  >
>  > If you want your DNS pointed to another server, then please
>  > send details of the change to support at pm.org.
>  >
>  > PLEASE DON'T SEND THESE REQUESTS BACK TO THIS LIST.


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Philip L. Yuson
Senior Consultant
Concept Solutions Corporation
Phone: (250) 881-0049
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