[VPM] Please save victoria.pm

[Peter Scott]

I don't think there's anything you can or should do; I was just passing 
on the info.  Darren is the only one besides me who logs into the site 
and hopefully the only one who will notice.

At 10:01 AM 12/17/2004, Philip Yuson wrote:
>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
>Fax (250) 381-2425
>

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Peter Scott
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