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In order to enable us to have a forum, the good people at proboards have been working practically nonstop for the past 37 hours. To allow us to continue with our posts, they have provided a way for us to have a temporary board. All you have to do is to use the same url you have been using: http://michaelemerson.proboards21.com. You will have to reregister, but when we come up for real, all will be back to normal.

Any new activity on this matter will be updated in this journal.

Current Mood: satisfied

Server 21, which is the server that houses the MEFB forum is now up and alive. However, if you are still getting "page cannot be displayed error, here's the information regarding what is happening:

Some ISP's and computers can cache this old DNS information for longer than they should.

If the server is showing on the status page as online, but you still get the "page cannot be displayed" error, you have been affected by this, and must wait for your internet providers cache to update with the new location.

In some cases restarting your computer can help if it is only your machine which issuing outdated information.

If this does not help, unfortunately you will need to wait for this update to happen.

Current Mood: cranky

If you use chatango to chat at MEFB, you can still access it. If you need the link, e-mail me.

Current Mood: hopeful

The Good News: Because of the fire, new servers needed to be acquired, which means that we will all be upgraded. Probably, no one will notice it as of yet, but the service will be better and faster.

The Bad News: The new servers are being moved to a new location. This means that the forum will get a new DNS. It will go from 64.246.60.110 to another. (I don't have the new DNS, yet.) Generally, it takes a while for the new DNS to update. I remember that when we moved michaelemerson. net to my server room in my house, it took a few days for the DNS to update. Sorry folks about the bad news.

The Allround News: Proboards is working around the clock to fix this problem.

And in case, you are computer geek, here's what Proboards had to say:

Some ISP's and computers can cache this old DNS information for longer than they should.

If the server is showing on the status page as online, but you still get the "page cannot be displayed" error, you have been affected by this, and must wait for your internet providers cache to update with the new location.

In some cases restarting your computer can help if it is only your machine which issuing outdated information.

If this does not help, unfortunately you will need to wait for this update to happen.

Current Mood: blank

Michael Emerson Forum is down. Proboards, which is our provider, is down. Here's their latest message:

Please scroll to the bottom for the latest information:

@6:21 pm EDT:

We are currently experiencing a network outage which is affecting multiple servers.

Our host, The Planet, has said that there is an "electrical problem" at their H1 data center and that emergency crews are on site.

While I don't want to speculate because we have not received any solid information at this time, but it sounds to me like there may be a fire at that data center.

If we do not have a significant portion of these servers back online by tonight we are going to look into alternate options for getting these servers back online (e.g., purchase new servers and transfer data from our backup server).

@8:18 pm EDT:

We have compiled and submitted a list of servers to be moved from The Planet's H1 data center and submitted our request to have servers moved as soon as possible.

It is expected that after this move and we have our DNS updated that it may take some time for the DNS changes to propagate. This means that we will be setting up a temporary alternate domain for forums to use so that they can access their forums. More details on this to come when we are closer to having these servers back online.

@9:08

If you would like to stay on top of the latest developments as they are announced, here is a link to the ongoing updates from our host.

Current Mood: pissed off

Let's face it, we have a long hiatus ahead of us:

( Let's face it, we have a long hiatus ahead of us. So, the Michael Emerson Fan Board came up with a clever idea to beat the blues of the long wait. We started up a thread that talks about what we have learned while watching LOST. I put all 247 entries that we have so far in the home page of Michael Emerson's website (http://michaelemerson.net). This particular entry will be continously updated, so come on over as often as you can to read the witty statements Michael Emerson's fans can come up with. If you want to read a sample of the wit, just click on the LJ cut. )

Sophie, AKA benlinusisagoodguy at the Michael Emerson Fan Board made this hilarious slide show:

Current Mood: silly

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Entries tagged with mefb

MEFB Update: We now have a temporary board.

MEFB Update

Attention MEFB Board Members

MEFB Update: The Good , the Bad, and the Allaround News

Michael Emerson Forum Is Down

How to beat the long hiatus

Silly Graphic

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