Date:         Wed, 31 May 2006 04:44:09 -0700
Reply-To:     Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon List status and update
Comments: To: "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
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Thanks for great list service Tom ,  also a big Thanks to Jim..

This list forsure has kept my van on the road..

Joe

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
>Sent: May 30, 2006 6:35 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Vanagon List status and update
>
>Hi folks,
>
>Just want to give you a heads-up about changes that are happening to the
>list.
>
>Effective rather immediately, Jim Arnott is in charge of the care and
>feeding of the list. In other words, it is now his discretion on what kind
>of content is acceptable to post, who can post, who needs to be censored,
>etc.
>
>Jim's a good guy and been on the list for years and years, so please treat
>him with the respect that he deserves. Also, please take a moment to thank
>him for taking on the task - I'm sure he would appreciate it.
>
>For now, the server will remain in Maryland, and I will continue to maintain
>the system, hardware, perform backups, etc.
>
>The server will be moved to a new IP address on the 31st of May. The DSL
>circuit that has been the link for Gerry to all of you is being replaced by
>a fiber-optic connection. It is much faster, and hopefully more reliable!
>
>During the transition, the Internet will need to learn of the new connection
>that serves Gerry. It may take 24-48 hours for the change to propogate
>across all the servers on the Internet, so don't be too shocked if your mail
>is temporarily delayed.
>
>It is also possible that some anti-SPAM services on the 'net will need be
>informed of the change. I'll be watching the error logs and notifying
>postmasters/system administrators at affected domains to let the mail come
>through. :)
>
>For you techies, the new IP address of Gerry will be 71.126.148.6
>
>Thanks for your patience during this transition!
>
>Regards,
>TomC