Joseph M. Gaffney wrote:
No, but I mention this as an issue because there was nothing in the forum that
I saw posted about it. At about 10am one day I started seeing "account
suspended", which looked like someone hadn't paid the bill :)
Not a big problem or anything, but it has been down a bit, and not many know
whats going on. Might have been a good idea to atleast have sent out an
administrative email (which is a capability of the forum, admins sending an
email to all active users).
Did you ever have a service (like your electricity) turned off without
notice? Well, that's what happenned here. The hosting provider threw a
switch and asked questions later. And no it was not because of 'not
paying a bill'. It was because of over-utilization on the shared server.
There was no time to notify anyone. Obviously if there was time we would
have done so. Ok?
Considering the issues that can't be discussed at an official forum anyways,
I feel its more a supplemental forum, and introduction for users thats easy
to find. When they start asking... other... questions, they would end up
elsewhere for that information. However, should anything unexpected happen
to an unofficial forum, the owners/admins/mods would be able to make a post
on the official forum stating the situation.
So, I see the idea of an official forum as a complimentary addition to the
existing community.
I see where you are going with this. Considering the high integrity with
which we operate the forum in question, I'd hate to be associated with
'the site to go to for other help'. IMHO, that is not a reputation we'd
like to have, and frankly don't deserve. If the 'new' site is not run
by Novell, then what is the problem with giving 'other' type of help?
Again, I think more is better when it comes to any way that we can help
the commuity, so in the case of adding another forum I have no
fundamenal objection and I agree with you. I'd be interested in seeing a
blueprint for this forum, and I particularly like this webring concept,
although admittedly I don't technically know how it would work.
Harryc
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