--> KR-List message posted by: Matt Dralle <dra...@matronics.com>
Dear Listers,
Starting sometime on Friday November 1st, my Internet Service Provider (ISP)
began "upgrading" their Domain Name Servers (DNS). DNS servers allow the
resolution of computer names such as "www.matronics.com" to real addresses such
as 64.81.74.3. This also impacts email delivery as well, since there is
another layer of resolution that applies to email names.
Because of this upgrade on the part of my ISP, DNS service started getting
unreliable around Friday sometime, but I didn't notice it until sometime on
Saturday. When I used a tool called "nslookup" to test the resolution of
name-to-address, about 50-75% of the time my ISP's servers would response with
an "SERVFAIL" indicating that they didn't know the answer. I opened a ticket
with the ISP on Saturday, and by Sunday afternoon I had no feedback on the
ticket so I called in to support. "We upgrading the DNS servers, and it should
back by Sunday at 5pm." 5pm came and went with no resolution.
Well, long story short by Tuesday morning things were still not fixed and in
fact much worse. So, I opted to move all my DNS service to a different service
provider. I have a lot of DNS entries, so it took a while to get everything
moved over. It generally takes about 24 hours for a change like that to fully
propagate across the Internet which would be Wednesday morning sometime. I've
noticed that the Matronics web server traffic is picking up again, so many
sites have already propagated the new information.
I really should have just moved the DNS on Saturday when I first noticed the
troubles, but with stuff like this, you just keep believing that it gonna be
fixed any minute now.... And, in fact, that's what my ISP kept telling me...
Its always a giant bummer when stuff like this happens and particularly during
the Fund Raiser. I apologize to anyone that has tried to make a Contribution
in the last few days and had issues or was simply unable to connect. By the
time you read this email, the DNS should be fully propagated, and I ask that
you please try again.
The Contribution web site URL is:
http://www.matronics.com/contribution
or, you can send a personal check to the following address:
Matronics / Matt Dralle
581 Jeannie Way
Livermore, CA 94550
Thank you for your kind consideration and patience,
Matt Dralle
Matronics Email List and Forum Administrator
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