ADMIN: turning down our servers

[Michael Hipp]

On 9/19/2011 3:03 PM, Doug Hunley wrote:
> All:
> It has become apparent that the Linux SxS, while still a great
> community, isn't really as thriving as it once was. Our NNTP server
> has been dead for *quite* some time and no one has complained. Our IRC
> server was shuttered when our hosting provider blocked IRC at their
> 'edge routers' and no one even told me (!!). The web site's access
> logs are almost 98% indexing bots (go us!) and I honestly can't
> remember the last conversation of note on the mailing list. In short,
> I'm looking at my monthly expenses and going 'why?'.
>
> So, I'm thinking about creating a Google Group to replace the mailing
> list for anyone who wants to continue the occasional "where's Skippy?"
> thread and making an archive of the site/lists available for download
> and then pulling the plug on the rest.
>
> Please speak up now if you are vehemently against this and are willing
> and able to take over. The latter part of that sentence being the key
> ;)
>
> I'm targeting Nov 1 as the day of infamy

This almost brings a tear to my eye, but if it's costing you actual money they 
by all means move it.

It's too good to lose.

Michael Hipp