[18/08/2008 07:48 AuEST]
I'm back from a great time at the SAGE-AU 16th Annual Conference in Adelaide. Mail and payment processing will be resumed tonight.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[11/08/2008 07:55 AuEST]
I'll be in Adelaide attending the SAGE-AU conference 12-16 August 2008 so mail and payments will not be processed until my return on the weekend. All the best.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[16/05/2008 10:50 AuEST]
I'm back and everything has returned to normal. Enjoyed the break and had a good rest from computing. Back to the regular grind now :).
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[04/05/2008 14:30 AuEST]
No payments or e-mail will be responded to over the next 8 days. I'm taking a holiday and will be dealing with all e-mail and payments on my return. No new accounts will be processed either. Overdue accounts will not be terminated until my return. If your free 30 day trial expires whilst I'm away I'm afraid the account will remain deactivated until I return. Hope you all enjoy your week like I intend to :). All the best.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[19/02/2008 07:45 AuEST]
Our ISP has relocated us and we are being put onto a different IP range, there will be issues with connecting to members.dhs.org today and possibly tomorrow.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[01/01/2008 11:15 AuEST]
Happy New Year everyone, looking forward to a good year in 2008.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[22/11/2007 21:45 AuEST]
Just to let you know we are still about and kicking. Everything is normal. :)
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[04/07/2006 22:35 AuEST]
Sorry but the websites were down for awhile today, everything is back to normal again now.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[28/03/2006 08:00 AuEST]
Systems are coming back online. Our ISP sprung a move and IP change on us with no notice (we found out same time you did!). We have restored services as quickly as we can but some people will notice things are not right due to dns not completely propagating yet. Hopefully another 24 hours and things will be back to normal. Our apologies for this and are working with our ISP to ensure this does not happen again.
Matthew Enger
[25/03/2006 16:05 AuEST]
Back home and catching up on email. Next week 28-30 March 2006 I'll be down in Sydney for Linux World. If you are there drop into the OSIA stand on Wednesday afternoon to meet me or the Linux Au stand on Thursday afternoon. I'll be wandering around the rest of the three days :).
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[19/03/2006 21:38 AuEST]
There may be delays in answering emails over the next week or so as I'm away for the next five days and the same the following week. Please be patient, I will reply when available again.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[27/12/2005 21:30 AuEST]
We wish everyone all the best for the holiday season and new year. We hope all your dreams and resolutions for the next year come true.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[06/10/2005 21:15 AuEST]
The members server members.dhs.org is currently offline whilst our ISP moves things around. Normal services should be restored by morning. We apologise for the inconvenience.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[25/06/2005 18:45 AuEST]
I was shocked and saddened to hear of the recent death of Nigel MacFarlane. Nigel was a Mozilla developer and contributer to the Open Source community. He will be missed. Rest in peace Nigel.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[26/04/2005 17:43 AuEST]
We have just moved to new ip addresses after one of ours stoped working and some others seemed to have been swtched off. DNS has been updated and hopefully services will come back to normal shortly.
Matthew Enger
[25/04/2005 19:55 AuEST]
I have been in Canberra for LCA2005 the last week. Had a great time and would highly recommend attending the next conference in NZ. Had some problems with my laptop so mail processing has been delayed. Will catch up by tomorrow.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[26/02/2005 19:00 AuEST]
The wedding was great and Matthew and Laura are now on their honeymoon. Members down in Tasmania may catch a glimpse of them, Matthew will be the bloke with the silly grin holding the hand of a pretty girl :). They will be back in a few weeks.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[18/02/2005 22:40 AuEST]
I'll be leaving early tomorrow to attend Matthew Enger's wedding on Sunday so email processing will be held up for a few days, don't worry, all mail will be processed on my return. Congratulations to Matthew and Laura on their coming nuptials :).
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[23/01/2005 13:10 AuEST]
All services have been restored to normal operation. A UPS at one of the data centres had gone out and taken one of our main servers offline. It is now back up and fully operational.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[23/01/2005 09:45 AuEST]
One of the main DHS servers is currently experiencing issues which is affecting dynamic DNS updates. Normal services will be restored ASAP.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[24/12/2004 18:20 AuEST]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Happy holidays to those who follow a different path.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[06/11/2004 21:32 AuEST]
All accounts now have a hostname limit of four or greater, we hope you enjoy the extra benefits. All new accounts will now get a hostname limit of four instead of the previous standard two.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
[20/10/2004 20:30 AuEST]
I've been ill the last 4 days and mail/payments have not been processed. Normal processing will restart tomorrow evening unless I have a relapse. I apologise for the delays.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[10/09/2004 00:12 AuEST]
After much demand, the system has been upgraded to support a second mail exchanger and the ability to define the txt dns record. If you wish to use SPF you can now do so through host management. Please let us know what you think.
Matthew Enger
[29/07/2004 08:30 AuEST]
If you have a problem with your account remember to email us or contact us with an email address other than one related to your account otherwise we may not be able to email back to you. Accounts deactivated for overdue renewal will be reactivated and resume normal operation once a payment is recorded. Accounts are only deactivated after two notices are sent out but we send to the listed contact addresses and if they are invalid or have a problem, you may not get to see the notices and the first indication will be when the account stops working. Please check your renewal dates available when you log into your account on a regular basis. Thank you.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[30/04/2004 03:31 AuEST]
Systems are now running normally.
Matthew Enger
[30/04/2004 00:50 AuEST]
Systems are temporarily down for maintenance, things should be back up shortly once database migration has completed. ETA 1 hour. During this time updating of account details will be unavailable and AtHome will also be unavailable.
Matthew Enger
[30/03/2004 21:10 AuEST]
Purging of unfinancial accounts will take place over the next ten days. If your account doesn't show a valid renewal date it will be deactivated. We are still waiting to hear from the Astronomical Soc of TAS about their account but it is believed all other accounts are up to date and credited correctly.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[07/03/2004 23:59 AuEST]
Can the Astronomical Soc of TAS Inc. contact us about their payment please.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[04/03/2004 21:20 AuEST]
It has come to our attention that there are emails circulating pertaining to be from dis.org containing attachments the email is trying to get users to open. These emails have forged headers and the file is most likely a virus or trojan. DO NOT OPEN SUCH ATTACHMENTS. The mail did not come from us. Always make sure you virus scan email before previewing or opening any attachment. You should also make sure your virus scanner is up to date. New virus threats are appearing every day. Take care and if you have already opened such an attachment, visit one of the online virus scanning sites to check your system
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[24/02/2004 20:58 AuEST]
#### IMPORTANT #####
Please check your account and if you believe it is showing incorrect payment information or renewal date please contact me ASAP. If you require assistance or haven't had a response from a previous email contact us again. I have gone through the backlog of payments and email responding to all I could see requiring a response but there may be some missed. I am back on deck now and responses should be within 24 hours. Accounts remaining with blank or all zero renewal dates will be deactivated and then deleted in early March.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
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[08/02/2004 10:20 AuEST]
Due to the huge backlog of mail I currently have, payment processing and responding to email is going slowly. I will post a notice here when I am all caught up. On the bright side, my sight has improved slightly and I now have new glasses which means I can read again. :).
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[25/12/2003 11:50 AuEST]
Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season from the DHS team.
[21/12/2003 19:30 AuEST]
Services should all be back to normal. There was downtime since yesterday due to a fibre break upstream of our ISP and beyond our control.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[16/12/2003 22:10 AuEST]
Due to recent surgery and an eye infection payment processing is halted for the time being. Processing will start again in a few days when I have recovered. All accounts should be active and no user should suffer any inconvenience from this. I apologise for the delays in responding to email but assure you all will be replied to ASAP. Thank you for your patience.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[11/12/2003 19:15 AuEST]
Due to my ill health, processing and reactivation of accounts with late payments was going slowly and we decided to reactivate all accounts until such time as the processing of the late payments can be caught up with. Account information displayed in the Members area will not show the correct renewal dates until such time as we have processed all the late payments. We apologise for the delays but it was beyond our control.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[27/11/2003 07:45 AuEST]
Processing of late payments and re-activation of accounts will occur ASAP. Depending on time available and volumes there may be small delays but all will be responded to.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[02/11/2003 18:15 AuEST]
Deactivation of unpaid accounts will now commence. Please check your account to ensure you have been credited correctly and e-mail us if necessary.
Dassa
[06/10/2003 11:05 AuEST]
The end of October is the deadline for all renewals. Over the next week any overdue free accounts will be deactivated and any accounts not renewed by the end of October will be deactivated in early November.
Darryl(Dassa)Lynch
[26/08/2003 21:10 AuEST]
Renewels are now due for accounts over 12 months old and notices will be emailed out over the next two weeks. All trial accounts over 30 days old will soon be deactivated and deleted unless a payment is recorded for them. We will be becoming stricter regarding account maintenance. The service is going strong and will continue to grow. Payments can be made through the Making a Contribution Page.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[26/08/2003 21:08 AuEST]
If you are having problems getting a new password or account activation email it may be due to your mail server using a black list which has the IP address range we are in listed. It appears the whole B class has been listed. We are working on this but it appears the only solution is to change to a new IP range and this takes a little time. I must stress the listings were not due to any action on our part, we are the innocent victims in this. If possible try another email address and/or request our mail server/IP addresses are white listed with your ISP/Administrators. Sorry for the inconvenience but it is beyond our control.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[06/08/2003 14:23 AuEST]
We are finally back up. Due to our upstream providers' router dying our ISP lost connectivity. We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused. Everything should now be back to normal.
Menger
[03/05/2003 19:00 AuEST]
We have just been informed that our systems will be offline between 6am and 6pm PST while the building they are in run a power test. We appologise for the inconvience this will cause.
Menger
[12/12/2002 22:05 AuEST]
There will be an unscheduled maintance for the next hour while some important changes are made.
Menger
[08/12/2002 16:00 AuEST]
There will be a scheduled server maintance between 22:00 and 24:00 on Monday 9th December while some maintance is preformed. During this time AtHome and dyndns updates will be offline.
Menger
[08/12/2002 15:56 AuEST]
Services resumed.
Menger
[08/12/2002 15:26 AuEST]
Services will be tempoarly suspended while some maintance is preformed. Services should be out for about 30 minutes. Sorry for any inconvience this cuases.
Menger
[28/11/2002 11:54 AuEST]
Services have now resumed.
Menger
[28/11/2002 11:13 AuEST]
Services have been temporarly suspended while our ISP does some maintance to the systems, services should resume very shortly.
Menger
[15/07/2002 19:45 AuEST]
All non-contributing accounts have been deactivated. These accounts can be reclaimed till the end of August by making a contribution of $5 USD per account as indicated at Making a Contribution.
[15/07/2002 18:05 AuEST]
Deactivation of non-contributing accounts has started, contact delayed@dhs.org if you wish to reclaim a disabled account!
Payment information in the members area should be up to date. If you check your account and it doesn't show the correct payment status please email dassa@dhs.org with full details.
If your payment has been delayed for any reason please email delayed@dhs.org with details to ensure your account is not deactivated at the deadline.
Due to the number of questions regarding guarantees I am going to go out on a limb and give the guarantee services will continue for contributors until July 2003.
Please note any account deactivations are solely due to those
accounts having invalid contact email addresses and is not related to contribution requests!
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[10/06/2002 21:30 AuEST]
A letter has been sent to all users concerning the need for DHS International to get contributions from users to continue. You can read the letter from the link in this notice. All current and new users are expected to contribute. Non-contibution will result in accounts being terminated. Please read the letter and make a contribution if you wish to continue using our services. If you no longer require our services you need not do anything.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[10/06/2002 20:57 AuEST]
An account purge is taking place where accounts with invalid email addresses are being removed. This may result in restricted access whilst the purge is taking place.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[09/06/2002 12:30 AuEST]
Terms of Service have been updated, please review them.
Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
[06/06/2002 15:00 AuEST]
Services have resumed after a power failure at the new hosting site. An investigation is continuing as to the reason behind the failure but services have been restored. Services were affected for about 3 hours.
Menger
[03/06/2002 14:00 AuEST]
Services have been resumed and things appear to be operating normally. DHS Staff will continue to monitor the servers closely. If you do spot any problems, please email admins@dhs.org.
Some people may however not be able to access services for several hours as DNS is still propagating. Please check that members.dhs.org points to 63.160.181.121 before complaining.
Menger
[28/05/2002 20:45 AuEST]
Over recent days DHS International has been made aware the current hosting service we utilise will be cutting connections at the end of the month. DHS International has been working with our current and future ISP to minimise disruptions to users but due to circumstances beyond our control it will be impossible for us to maintain all normal services.
In a few hours, the DHS International servers will be disconnected from the Internet to allow for shipping to a new hosting location.
This means the following:
Static IP hostnames and domain name services will remain in place Dynamic IP hostnames and domain name services will remain in place But no changes will be possible to any user records for a period of 7-10 days whilst the servers are shipped and re-installed at the new location.
AtHome services will be unavailable for the shipping/install period and will be disfunctional for the full 7-10 days.
We apologise for the inconvenience. We have striven to maintain all services but unfortunately it turns out to be impossible in this instance.
You will be informed of all developments regarding this and other changes that may be forced on us in a further email after all plans are finalised.
Dassa
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