On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> Hi guys. I asked about this on the linux-il list before, but since it's
> becoming somewhat urgent, it's time to act.
>
> The machine that has been hosting ivrix.org.il until now, will cease to
> exist in a little over a week. So I'm looking of an alternative machine to
> host this domain, together with its ftp site, web site and mailing list.
>
> I've been offered by several companies and university people to host these
> things, but the downside to all these offers was a strict limitation on
> the number of users which could get write-access to the site.
> I thought that it might be best if ivrix.org.il was simply hosted on the
> IGLU server: it makes a lot of sense considering the largly-overlapping
> interests of the two groups, and because quite a number of people have
> (as I understand) full access to the IGLU machine which will help in
> doing the long-overdue overhaul of the ivrix.org.il site (Ely Levy and
> a few other people are actually thinking of doing that soon).
>
> The entire ivrix.org.il data (including mailing list archives, ftp site and
> web site) now takes about 70MB, which I hope will not strain the IGLU disk
> space too much.
>
> Does this look a good idea to you?
>
> If so, how do we continue? Who do I contact to get an account on the IGLU
> machine,
I can give you an account as I have the superuser password.
> and who do I contact for stuff that will need to be done by the
> superuser (such as adding domains to the name server, adding a virtual host
> to the web server, etc.)?
>
I may be able to do the web-server thing with a little guidance. As for
the DNS stuff - I'd rather not mess with it as I never had any real
experience with managing it.
I can do the mailing list stuff, too.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> I shall be obliged, [1]
> Nadav.
>
> [1] I didn't write "thanks in advance" like Inormally do, because of
> something I recently read in Strunk and White's "The Elements of Style".
> They write: "Thanking you in advance. This sounds as if the writer meant,
> 'It will not be worth my while to write to you again.' In making your
> request, write 'Will you please,' or 'I shall be obliged.' Then, later,
> if you feel moved to do so, or if the circumstances call for it, write
> a letter of acknowledgment."
>
>
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