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Message no. 1
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:40:37 +1000
Mark Imbriaco writes:
> As some of you may know, we have been having problems running into the
> 500 user limit that is imposed by the free version of Listserv that we
> are running the lists on currently. As I am no longer directly involved
> with iTRiBE, I have decided that it is best to move the lists to a
> whole new server/network that I have direct control over.
>
> With that in mind, I've secured another server to host the lists, and
> I'll be getting that all setup over the coming weeks. I expect to
> announce a total migration of the lists from iTRiBE to the new server
> in mid-to-late November. I'll keep you posted as things develop.

Ah, so we're using the old tried-and-true strategy for keeping the user
limit under 500: shuffling off to a new address and losing half the
subscribers in the process. :)

Oh well, it won't be long now before people look back to the iTRiBE days
they way they do to the hearn days... We'll have to have a new wing at the
Respected Elders Relaxation Resort before long.

(Seriously, though, I take this to mean that we'll be either switching to
Listserv Pro or another list server?)

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Message no. 2
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:43:30 +1000
A Halliwell writes:
> EEEEK! Checks calendar.... Nope... not April...
> So Gurth, what was it like when everything moved from Hearn?

Well, as the second person to post on iTRiBE following the move from hearn,
I'd say it was very smooth.

Gurth wouldn't know... it took him about two weeks to make the shift. :)

(For the curious... both the iTRiBE and hearn lists were run in parallel for
a couple of weeks, with different threads going on both, and then hearn was
cut off)

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Message no. 3
From: Adam J <adamj@*********.HTML.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:08:26 -0600
At 09:40 10/20/98 +1000, Robert Watkins wrote:

>(Seriously, though, I take this to mean that we'll be either switching to
>Listserv Pro or another list server?)

Actually, probably Majordomo. It's free, we can run unlimited lists on it,
with unlimited subscribers. Since we have plans to fire up a few new
lists, this is a "good thing (tm)".

Apparently the new versions are alot less buggy than the old one, as I'm
sure some of you remember Majordomo being a bit of a prat before.

-Adam J
Back to teh #@$&#$%@# nightshift tonight..
Message no. 4
From: John Pederson <pedersje@******.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU>
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 19:54:29 -0400
Adam J wrote:
>
> At 09:40 10/20/98 +1000, Robert Watkins wrote:
>
> >(Seriously, though, I take this to mean that we'll be either switching to
> >Listserv Pro or another list server?)
>
> Actually, probably Majordomo. It's free, we can run unlimited lists on it,
> with unlimited subscribers. Since we have plans to fire up a few new
> lists, this is a "good thing (tm)".
>
> Apparently the new versions are alot less buggy than the old one, as I'm
> sure some of you remember Majordomo being a bit of a prat before.

One would hope that it has gotten less buggy:) As I remember, it was
pretty much guaranteed that, come Friday evening, the list would be down
until sometime Monday:) Those were the days (Jiminy Christmas! I've been
here long enough to get nostalgic over things. I'm not sure if that's
good or bad... :)
:)
You know, I didn't think I was going to be here when the list got moved
next. I guess I'll get to be witness to one of those rare list events:)

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Message no. 5
From: "D. Ghost" <dghost@****.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 20:03:51 -0500
On Mon, 19 Oct 1998 19:52:53 -0400 "Mark A. Imbriaco"
<mark.imbriaco@*****.COM> writes:
<SNIP>
>With that in mind, I've secured another server to host the lists, and
>I'll be getting that all setup over the coming weeks. I expect to
>announce a total migration of the lists from iTRiBE to the new server
>in mid-to-late November. I'll keep you posted as things develop.

Ack! First the Archive ("Btw, whe-" *THWAP* "Nevermind." ;), now the
list ... The great deprevation of computer resources won't happen in
2029, it's happening in 1998 ... :)

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Message no. 6
From: A Halliwell <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 02:14:24 +0100
|Ack! First the Archive ("Btw, whe-" *THWAP* "Nevermind." ;), now the
|list ... The great deprevation of computer resources won't happen in
|2029, it's happening in 1998 ... :)

For the millionth time, stop exagerating....
It's not as if it's the first time.
(Although it is <just> for me).

Just think... 1 month earlier, and I would've joined the list just as the
list was moving the first time.

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Message no. 7
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 10:39:30 +0200
According to Robert Watkins, at 9:43 on 20 Oct 98, the word on the street was...

> Gurth wouldn't know... it took him about two weeks to make the shift. :)
>
> (For the curious... both the iTRiBE and hearn lists were run in parallel for
> a couple of weeks, with different threads going on both, and then hearn was
> cut off)

That's the first time I've heard of that being the case, so yeah, it would
have taken me two weeks to make the shift... All I know is that when they
said "The lists will go down tomorrow" or whenever, I started using the
iTRiBE addresses instead of the Hearn ones. The fact that it worked
flawlessly should give good hopes for the future.

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Message no. 8
From: Fixer <fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US>
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 07:58:41 -0400
On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Adam J wrote:

->At 09:40 10/20/98 +1000, Robert Watkins wrote:
->
->>(Seriously, though, I take this to mean that we'll be either switching to
->>Listserv Pro or another list server?)
->
->Actually, probably Majordomo. It's free, we can run unlimited lists on it,
->with unlimited subscribers. Since we have plans to fire up a few new
->lists, this is a "good thing (tm)".

Lessee...... an errata list, a rules discussion list, the PLOTD &
TK lists, the NERPS list, a woodchuck list, a complaint list (that no one
will subscribe to but everyone can send their complaints to be
ignored).... how many did I guess? }:-)

->-Adam J
->Back to teh #@$&#$%@# nightshift tonight..

My sympathy to you. I hated the 2am shift.

Fixer --------------} The easy I do before breakfast,
the difficult I do all day long,
the impossible only during the week,
and miracles performed on an as-needed basis....

Now tell me, what was your problem?
Message no. 9
From: Adam J <adamj@*********.HTML.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:53:20 -0600
At 20:03 10/19/98 -0500, D. Ghost wrote:

>Ack! First the Archive ("Btw, whe-" *THWAP* "Nevermind." ;), now
the
>list ... The great deprevation of computer resources won't happen in
>2029, it's happening in 1998 ... :)

.. completing missing the fact that the moves might just happen to be
related ..

-Adam
Message no. 10
From: Adam J <adamj@*********.HTML.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:57:30 -0600
At 07:58 10/20/98 -0400, Fixer wrote:

>->Since we have plans to fire up a few new
>->lists, this is a "good thing (tm)".
>
> Lessee...... an errata list

This could be tied in with something else.

> a rules discussion list

ShadowRN, which will NOT in a million years be split into seperate lists.

> the PLOTD &
>TK lists, the NERPS list

Of course.. and SRCard..

> a woodchuck list

Not a bad idea.

> a complaint list (that no one
>will subscribe to but everyone can send their complaints to be
>ignored)....

Hey, good idea!

But you missed a few :-)

>->Back to teh #@$&#$%@# nightshift tonight..
>
> My sympathy to you. I hated the 2am shift.

Well, you already heard how it went, but that was mostly due to the prick
that didn't show up to replace me when he should have.

They could train a monkey to do my job, but they can't train a adult to
show up at the right time.

-Adam
A big monkey, mind you..
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Message no. 11
From: nocturnal@*******.NET
Subject: Re: [OT] List move emminent.
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:38:37 +0000
A Halliwell wrote:
>
> Ack! First the Archive ("Btw, whe-" *THWAP* "Nevermind." ;), now
the
> list ... The great deprevation of computer resources won't happen in
> 2029, it's happening in 1998 ... :)

Ya know... speaking of the archive... <expects a nice, loud, painful, red-mark-leaving
thwap>, Anyone got any news on it, say, when it'll be ready? I'm anxious to check it
out,
plus, I need to look some schtuff up. Anyway, thats all I wanted to know.

Noc

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