Subj : Downtime
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Jun 18 2021 03:57:14

  Re: Downtime
  By: Sean Dennis to All on Thu Jun 17 2021 10:57 pm

 > Hi everyone,
 > 
 > Due to things out of my control, I will have to rebuild my BBS from scratch
 > on Saturday.  I'll be switching from Slackware to Devuan Linux for the OS
 > and will be setting up a fresh install of MBSE.  I will be copying some
 > stuff from this current install but I will be setting up the messaging
 > system from scratch.  I'll be making a few improvements along the way.
 > 
 > I am not expecting to take too long to do this.  If it runs later than
 > Sunday, I'll ask Andrew to take over hubbing duties so the mail can keep running.
 > 
 > I have been having a rather serious flare-up of my diabetic neuropathy in my hands for unknown
 > reasons and it has been hurting a lot to type for the past week.  It hasn't been too bad today a
 > if it continues to stay the same or, what I really hope for, improves, I will get this done.
 > 
 > I appreciate your patience with me on this.  An unexpected problem with an unknown cause has cre
 > into my BBS and I suspect it is because of a combination of experimental code and experimental
 > updates to the operating system have caused this issue.
 > 
 > I do have a full backup of the current BBS if there are unexpected issues
 > but from what I can see now there shouldn't be any.
 > 
 > This is not how I want to spend my Saturday but this will bring improvements
 > in speed and reliability with my server, both of which are always wanted.
 > 
 > If you have any questions or comments, please netmail me or email me at zc@minftn.net.
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > Sean

Too bad to hear about your hands. I hope they get better soon. We want our favourite operator back
in the fray!

Are you running Slackware -current? I rarely see a troublesome Slackware upgrade. Devuan is quite
an ok distribution though. Then, maybe you could take a stab at OpenBSD :-)

Kind regards.

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