Klarinet Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 2010/03

From: "Kent Krive" <k.krive@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] The lists will be migrating to new software/servers soon
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:12:36 -0500

Appreciate your efforts, Mark. Go for it!

Kent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>;
<clair@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:45 PM
Subject: [kl] The lists will be migrating to new software/servers soon

> Dear list members,
>
> This year's donation drive hasn't gone as well as in the past, so like
> every other company I had to figure a way to squeeze fixed costs without
> sacrificing service. That caused me to re-evaluate how and where I was
> running the servers that support these lists and a fair number of web
> sites.
>
> I came to the conclusion that I could significantly down-size the "baby
> server farm" located in my home and use some as a backup system, cut the
> bandwidth, and host the lists and other web servers at a commercial
> entity. This hybrid approach cuts down my monthly fixed costs
> significantly and won't materially affect the other things that go on
> behind the scenes.
>
> But ... with all this work going on I feel that moving to a better (or at
> least better supported) mailing list is the right thing to do. I should be
> able to re-subscribe everyone and no archives will be lost. You should
> also be able to handle your subscriptions via email or by visiting a web
> site. Both regular and digest subscriptions will continue. The posting
> address will be forwarded for some time, but a new domain will be started
> up to service the lists.
>
> However, as with any massive change, I'm sure there'll be little things
> that I haven't thought of - the 'gotchas'. Already there has been one
> catastrophe during the DNS migration of websites and a half-catastrophe -
> I planned everything to run smoothly, but machinery out of my control
> didn't respond as desired and the techies on the other side are stumped.
> Things are more or less worked out now, but it's been a rough morning ...
>
> This change isn't happening today, or tomorrow, or this week. Late in
> March or early April is the probable date. I'll keep you informed.
>
> Mark Charette
> Woodwind.Org, Inc.
>
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