Date:         Sun, 2 Mar 2014 17:29:43 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Site down for the next week
Comments: To: Ben <syncro@gmail.com>
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thanks to all who responded, clarifying this mystery for me.  mcneely

---- Ben <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: 
> Besides everybody else's explanation, a quick visit to Coyote's
> Website www.vanagon.com, you will find this message:
> 
> "The Vanagon and EuroVan community
> 
> Vanagon.com is moving to a new server and an entirely new development platform. Unfortunately our previous server became unavailable unexpectedly (the hosting service shut down) so we weren't able to make this a smooth transition.
> 
> We should be fully back by Sunday March 9th. 
> In the meantime, we apologize for the inconvenience.
> 
> The Vanagon Mailing List ('Gerry') is unaffected by this, and still happily up and running. Visit it here."
> 
> Ron (aka Coyote) still provides routing to Gerry (your list mail server) which lives in TomC's place in the East Coast. 
> 
> Admin is still performed by Jim Arnott in Oregon.
> 
> Without these people, there would be no List. Occasionally there is a hiccup which requires their attention. In this case, your mail will not be affected. But of you use the group resources which Coyote continues to maintain in his site Vanagon.com at his cost, you might notice the site is down for the moment.
> 
> 
> BenT
> Mod
> 
> 
> > On Mar 2, 2014, at 2:28 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
> > 
> > Can anyone tell what this is about?  So far as I can tell, the site IS NOT down, but this person seems certain it is.  Further, I am not sure what sending an email to folks via a down site would do toward letting people know what is going on.  Thanks, mcneely
> > 
> > ---- Ron Lussier <rlussier@LENSCRAFT.COM> wrote: 
> >> For those who haven't noticed, the Vanagon.com site is temporarily down.
> >> My hosting service went belly-up and I'm moving it to a much more stable
> >> (and expensive) ISP (Heroku).
> >> 
> >> Thanks for your patience!
> >> Coyote
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> ron lussier / lenscraft
> >> ​                       ​
> >> fine art photography
> >> rlussier@lenscraft.com
> >> ​(email/AIM)​
> >>                            89 crescent avenue
> >> ​
> >>    sausalito / ca 94965
> >> http://www.lenscraft.com/
> >> ​                 ​
> >> +1 415.669-4R​ON
> >> 
> >> "There is no god and that’s the simple truth. If every trace of any single
> >> religion died out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created
> >> exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place,
> >> but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would
> >> still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again." —
> >> Penn Jillette
> > 
> > --
> > David McNeely

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David McNeely