I've been fighting with my cable modem for months. This week we finally
discovered what the problem was: somebody was logging into AT&T @Home
using exactly the same IP address. If you've ever tried that, you know
the Mac's response is to disable the connection.
Last night AT&T gave us a new IP address. That's important, because I
stopped using ISDN over the weekend and now have all three list servers
networked to the cable modem. (One server for busy lists, one for less
busy lists, and one set to Perth, Australia, time so the Outback Mac list
gets digests in a more reasonable times zone than U.S. Eastern Time.)
Just discovered the "big list" server somehow got switched from one
ethernet port to the other. Oops. Fixed that, so all the lists should be
running very smoothly right now. Finally. And just in time for the
holiday weekend. (Well, it's a holiday for Canucks and 'Mericans.)
While I've got your attention, a few notes:
- Anything sent to the old "reformed.net" addresses will bounce. If
you've tried that, you probably already know that. You must use the
"lowendmac.net" email addresses. For your convenience, they are in the
footer of each message and digest.
- Please remember that hitting reply will send your response to the list
unless you readdress it. Especially when asking questions about swap day
stuff (every Monday each list holds a flea market...), be sure to
readdress your reply to the individual when it is not intended for the
list.
- If you do want to leave the list, instructions for unsubscribing are
right down there at the bottom. Don't post unsubscribe messages to the
whole list -- it won't do anything but give others something to laugh
about. (BTW, you must send from your subscribed address. Otherwise the
server doesn't know which address to remove from the list.)
- Please avoid quoting too much -- or too little. Don't include the ads
and list addresses in the footer when quoting. You don't need to quote
the entire header with date, time, sender, etc., either. Nor should you
send a reply that gives no indication what you are responding to. Find
the middle ground.
- Be good to each other. We're hoping to spend much of the coming week
out, although whether that'll be day trips or a long road trip is still
up in the air. The servers should run very nicely all by themselves now
that we have the Internet access nailed down. (We hope -- there _is_
Murphy's Law to consider....)
'Nuff said.
Dan Knight dknight_at_email.domain.hidden
publisher, Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/>
Macintosh: about 60 known viruses
Windows: way over 20,000 known viruses
Your call....
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Received on 2000-06-29 18:08:17