I'll set up an alternative page using the CC processor I've got here. The
paypal was set up before we started doing our own processing.
> Is there any way other than paypal to donate?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 1:44 PM
> Subject: (Admin) Donations
>
>
> > First let me say thanks to all those who donated. I will place their
names
> > on a donations page after Shabbos. I won't post the dollar amounts so as
> to
> > not make anyone feel bad that they gave more or less than anyone else.
The
> > very thought counts.
> > Second let me apologize to Marc Funaro and anyone else who took offense
to
> > my explaining the list situations. I don't mean to come of critical to
the
> > comments about the list speed and stability, I'm fully aware of the
> > frustrations. As to why things go bad:
> > 1. The list stops for a while. This is because post.office chokes on
> certain
> > posts. I've written a scheduled monitor system that scans the list so
see
> if
> > its up and if not (after 5 bad attempts) runs a template to shut down
the
> > mail server, clean out all posts that have the problem header, move all
> > posts from the undeliver directory to the spool and restart the list.
This
> > was a little flaky when I first put it in but is now going perfectly.
> > 2. The list is slow. There is a minimum 4 minute wait on list posts.
This
> is
> > due to all posts being parsed by a CF template. This removes all HTML
> > attachments, viruses, footers, etc. After this template, posts are sent
to
> > the list. In some cases (usually about 100 or so a day) a post may be
> queued
> > up because the mail server is having problems sending it. There are many
> > reasons for this which I can detail later if you want. The result is
that
> > for these people, their posts may come an hour or more later. This is
> > unavoidable at the moment as its more a net thing than anything else.
I'll
> > look into some form of secondary DNS or tracing to help here if it
exists.
> > 3. You can receive posts but not send. This is because the list only
> allows
> > posts from the same address as the person subscribed with. I'm looking
at
> > writing a patch for this as well.
> > As you can see, I've written a LOT of patch code for the list and its
all
> > working rather well. I've promised to send it to some people and will
once
> a
> > free second comes up (Sunday). The real issue is post.office. I'm moving
> > from it as soon as I can. The three options are:
> > 1. iMS - needs a solid listserver program which howie is writing into
> > fusionmail 2.0
> > 2. Lyris - costs a bundle, but I may have a backer and the list
> participants
> > to help for it.
> > 3. Linux - This requires a new box as most of the stuff on HoF is in
> windows
> > format (in one way or another). I will explore this.
> > There are about 20 lists on the box as it stands now with about
4000-5000
> > people all together. Another box is a definite possibility and something
> I'm
> > going to explore as well. I've been putting out fires, dealing with
work,
> > baby and more and am looking to make the time needed to make more
changes.
> > There's more to say and do but sundown is coming fast. Let me just say
> that
> > changes are coming and a lot of the resources that I haven't linked in
> will
> > be done soon. I'm dealing with some legal from my work with CA so I
don't
> > want to make any 'see-able' changes on HoF. Here are some links to
> resources
> > to keep you happy.
> > Donations (for those who wish to give):
> > https://secure.paypal.x.com/affil/pal=donations%40fusionauthority.com
> > Error handling in CF:
> > www.houseoffusion.com/error.ppt
> > Agents in CF
> > www.houseoffusion.com/httpagent.ppt
> > Regex in CF
> > www.houseoffusion.com/regex.ppt
> > CFSCRIPT
> > www.houseoffusion.com/script.ppt
> > master function list
> > http://www.houseoffusion.com/functions.htm
> > article on new structappend() function and basics of CFSCRIPT
> > http://www.nycfug.org/structappend.htm
> > List archives for all lists
> > www.houseoffusion.com/archive
> > I've got a lot more, but this should keep people happy over the weekend.
> FA
> > will be back up and running next week as well. We've got an issue
running
> > and more work to be released. No rest for the wicked. ;>
> >
> > Michael Dinowitz
> > Publisher: Fusion Authority weekly news alert
> > (www.fusionauthority.com/alert)
> > Listmaster: CF-Talk, CF-Jobs, Spectra-Talk, Jrun-Talk, etc.
> > (www.houseoffusion.com)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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