[Vex.Net MOTD] Subject: Vex.Net MOTD for Tuesday , May 18, 2004

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   New IP Numbers and Sympatico Loves Us Again      [Notice] 2004-05-18
   Or, to be more accurate, they don't know who we are and so don't care
   about us again. Which is good. We still have no idea why Sympatico
   blocked our mail server, nor have even been able to get them to admit
   that they did: but we have now migrated to our new IPs numbers and
   the Sympatico mail is no longer blocked. We needed to change our IP
   numbers for reasons unrelated to the Sympatico situation; it was just
   a convenient coincidence that we could use this change to get around
   the Sympatico problem. Please note that most mail destined for
   Sympatico has now been delivered. There were about 4000 messages
   accumulated in our queue, which took most of the evening to clear.
   Most of the mail from this blockage were stored on our server and
   resent when the block cleared, they were delayed rather than lost.
   Regarding the IP number changes, all of the vex.net server IP numbers
   have changed (the old IP numbers still work, but will be disabled in
   a week or so). Next (this week) we will be migrating the Virtual
   Domain hosting IP numbers. This process should be seemless and
   unnoticeable to most customers.
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   Suddenly, A New Shell Server                  [Warning] 2004-05-13
   Looks like we pressed our luck on the old shell server too long; It
   has gone down tonight, in which looks like it may be hardware
   failure. I've decided the quickest way to get things mostly back up
   is to swap the new FreeBSD shell server into place immediately. This
   transition may be a bit rocky. A few servers are still being set up.
   Most things should work for most people; but a few of you may find
   some annoyances. For one: those running custom compiled software who
   didn't recompile it for this shell previously will be forced to do so
   now. None of this affects the web server or mail. Sorry for any
   inconvenience. Things will be smoothed out as quickly as possible.
   Report problems to support at Vex.Net.
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   Shell.Vex.Net O/S Change Coming          [Notice] 2004-03-03
   A big change is heading shell.Vex.Net's way. Now that we have
   migrated our main servers to FreeBSD, it is shell.Vex.Net's turn.

   Most shell users should not actually notice any difference. But, a
   few of you will have some adjustments to make: namely, any binaries
   that users have compiled themselves will have to be rebuilt on the
   new O/S.

   The good news is that nshell.vex.net is up and running, and ready to
   start being used right away. All shell users are free to login via
   ssh (telnet and ftp is not enabled yet, but will be soon) and test
   things out. All home directories are mounted remotely on the server,
   so it will be exactly like logging in to shell.vex.net. In fact users
   who are so inclined are encouraged to use nshell.vex.net as much as
   possible now rather than shell.vex.net so it can be well tested and
   any oddities found before the final switch.

   nshell.vex.net is still being worked on, so not everything on shell
   is available there; but most things are. The few things not yet there
   will be enabled soon. To check out what software is installed use the
   "pkg_info" command.

   The final switch over probably won't be until the end of next week
   (around the 20th). We will announce a more specific time as it gets
   closer.

   If you need any help, or have any questions, email support at Vex.Net,
   as always.
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