test Dennis Saputelli Forum Administrator wrote: > > We are re-posting this message as a system test and also because we are not > sure the original post was successfully delivered to most of the forum > members. Please note that you may receive two or three copies of this > message if you belong to more than one forum. > > Forum Administrator > Association of Protel EDA Users > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers > > Originally posted 2/5/03 10:59am > -------------------------------- > More DNS problems... We were attributing the bouncing of our incoming mail > to our recent DNS changes. However sometime during the night our domain > went completely off line. Naturally we thought our ISP had assigned > incorrect DNS and MX records. As it turns out, it was/is an entirely > different problem and the timing is only a coincidence. > > It seems that Covad had hijacked administrative control of our domain, and > didn't bother renewing the domain registration because we did not have an > account with them (we weren't their customer). Network Solutions (our > domain registrar) told us they could not renew the registration because our > domain was wholesaled through Covad, only Covad could renew it. Next, Arian > who is at Covad's Denver call center (he refused to give me his last name > or any kind of employee ID) told me would not renew or transfer > administrative domain control back to us since we did not have an account > with them. > > Finally I went back to Network Solutions and they agreed Covad should not > have had administrative control of our domain. They have expedited a > transfer back to us and have temporarily re-instated the domain > registration long enough for the transfer to take effect and we can renew > our domain. > > To make a long story even longer, our domain is back on-line but it will > take 24 to 48 hours for it to propagate across the Internet. Since our > entire domain was off-line, our mirrored server will not be of any use, so > many of you will still not be able to post for some time. > > All I can say is that we are sorry for the inconvenience, but we had no > control of this and we resolved the problem as quickly as possible. I'd > suggest that maybe you can take out your frustration by writing the CEO of > Covad a blistering letter or email. > > Best Regards, > > Forum Administrator > Association of Protel EDA Users > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers > > At 07:24 PM 2/4/2003, I wrote: > >We are performing maintenance on our mail server which requires changes to > >the Internet DNS records. This type of change usually takes a day or two > >to propagate across the net to all the name servers. We are mirroring our > >mail server during this time to minimize impact on the forums. While the > >name changes propagate there may be times that mail to techservinc.com > >will bounce. If you experience this, try resending after an hour or two. > > > >We have tried to schedule these changes for off peak times. We apologize > >in advance for any inconvenience. > > > >Thank you, > > > >Forum Administrator > >Association of Protel EDA Users > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers
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