[UCIMC-Tech] Re: chambana.net down? Fwd: Returned mail: see transcript for details

Stuart Levy slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu
Tue Jan 6 01:25:15 CST 2009 

On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 01:07:42AM -0600, Mike Lehman wrote:
> chambana.net lists seem to be back up as of 1am CST.
> Mike Lehman

Good.  I think they may be partly up: soon after midnight I approved one
non-member posting of a peace at anti-war.net message which reached the list
processor this evening.  The message *has* shown up in the peace archives (good),
but the broadcast e-mail message still hasn't reached me.


> Josh King wrote:
>> Hi Stuart,
>>
>> Sorry, I don't know how I missed the notification. Some of my email has 
>> gotten delayed in the past couple weeks as I've been working on the 
>> mailserver, but I didn't think that was one of them. Usually I just spend 
>> my own money on renewing all the Chambana.net domains and consider that 
>> more or less my own IMC membership fee. It shouldn't take nearly that long 
>> for the DNS to become responsive again, it should all be working again 
>> shortly. Sorry again about the problem, there isn't really money set aside 
>> or a procedure for renewing the IMC's domains, I just usually take care of 
>> it and I let it slide over the holidays, which was unprofessional of me.
>>
>> On 01/05/2009 11:17 AM, Stuart Levy wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 10:39:09AM -0600, Karen Medina wrote:
>>>> Hi Stuart,
>>>>
>>>> I tried posting to the peace and peace-discuss lists, but got failure 
>>>> notices. Is the
>>>> server down?
>>>
>>> Damn.  The chambana.net domain expired -- I missed the reminder on my
>>> calendar to renew it.  (I don't think I should be the one to do this, but 
>>> oh well.)
>>>
>>> I've renewed it now, and "whois chambana.net" shows it expiring in 2010.
>>> But it might take some hours, or even days (!) before the update gets
>>> into the domain name system and it all starts working again.
>>>
>>> (I just checked the "A" entry for chambana.net from one of the root 
>>> domain servers,
>>> and it has a time-to-live of 172000 seconds pointing to joker.com.  
>>> Yikes.)
>>>
>>> Once you can point a web browser to www.chambana.net, then it should be
>>> good to go again.
>>>
>>> Sorry...
>>>
>>>
>>>> -karen medina
>>>>
>>>>>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
>>>>> <peace at lists.chambana.net>
>>>>>     (reason: 550 Host unknown)
>>>>> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>>>>>     (reason: 550 Host unknown)
>>>>>
>>>>>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>>>>> 550 
>>>>> 5.1.2<peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>,<peace at lists.chambana.net>...
>>>> Host unknown (Name server: lists.chambana.net: host not found)
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Reporting-MTA: dns; expredir5.cites.uiuc.edu
>>>> Received-From-MTA: DNS; expms4.cites.uiuc.edu
>>>> Arrival-Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:29:34 -0600 (CST)
>>>>
>>>> Final-Recipient: RFC822; peace at lists.chambana.net
>>>> Action: failed
>>>> Status: 5.1.2
>>>> Remote-MTA: DNS; lists.chambana.net
>>>> Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 Host unknown
>>>> Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:29:34 -0600 (CST)
>>>>
>>>> Final-Recipient: RFC822; peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>> Action: failed
>>>> Status: 5.1.2
>>>> Remote-MTA: DNS; lists.chambana.net
>>>> Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 Host unknown
>>>> Last-Attempt-Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:29:34 -0600 (CST)
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon,  5 Jan 2009 10:29:29 -0600 (CST)
>>>> From: Karen Medina<kmedina at illinois.edu>
>>>> Subject: demonstrators in Chicago's Hyde Park / presentations
>>>>     and movies
>>>> To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>> Cc: peace at lists.chambana.net
>>>> X-Mailer: Mirapoint Webmail Direct 3.10.3-GA
>>>>
>>>> [Peace demonstrators in Chicago's Hyde Park -- 18 days in the cold. Plus 
>>>> a list
>>>> of events and movies being shown. Note that this 18 day schedule was set 
>>>> up
>>>> before Israel began their attack on Gaza, so the events might now 
>>>> include
>>>> demonstrations on this as well. -km]
>>>>
>>>> OBAMA'S HOMETOWN KICKS OFF "CAMP HOPE"
>>>> by Mike Ferner
>>>> January 2, 2009
>>>> Chicago
>>>>
>>>> -- Sub-freezing temperatures and a brisk wind did not darken the day in 
>>>> Drexel
>>>> Park for the kick off of Camp Hope, an 18-day vigil just down the street 
>>>> from
>>>> Barrack Obama's home on Chicago's south side, yesterday.
>>>>
>>>> Organized by a coalition of social justice, religious and peace 
>>>> organizations
>>>> from the Chicago area, Camp Hope's goal is to remind President-elect 
>>>> Obama of
>>>> the progressive themes he sounded in his campaign and urge him to follow
>>>> through with policy changes when he takes office later this month. (Read 
>>>> more: http://camphope2009.org/obamas-hometown-kicks-camp-hope)
>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>
>>>> Camp Hope - Countdown to Change
>>>> In January, 2009, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as president of the 
>>>> United
>>>> States.  We earnestly hope his presidency will signal the dawning of 
>>>> long-
>>>> needed progressive change in the United States. To help build popular
>>>> momentum behind the progressive goals of President Obama’s campaign, 
>>>> we
>>>> invite you to join us in maintaining a 19-day presence, from January 1 
>>>> – 19,
>>>> 2009, in Hyde Park, Chicago:  "Camp Hope: Countdown To Change."
>>>>
>>>> Every day from New Years’ to Dr. Martin Luther King Day, whatever 
>>>> winter has in
>>>> store for us, we will set up at the intersection of East Hyde Park 
>>>> Boulevard and
>>>> South Drexel Avenue to congratulate Senator Obama as our new 
>>>> President-elect
>>>> and recommit ourselves to progressive actions he promoted on his 
>>>> campaign
>>>> trail.  We are urging President-elect Obama to take eight actions 
>>>> immediately
>>>> upon being sworn into office, and reminding ourselves that these are 
>>>> only eight
>>>> early steps to more profound policy changes.
>>>>
>>>> Camp Hope seeks action on:
>>>>
>>>> War in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan
>>>> Global Climate Change
>>>> Nuclear Weapons
>>>> Guantanamo and Torture
>>>> Immigrant Rights
>>>> Unemployment and the Prison-Industrial Complex
>>>> Housing Foreclosures
>>>> Universal Health Care
>>>> Download Camp Hope Flyer Color: 
>>>> http://camphope2009.org/sites/default/files/Camp%20Hope%20Flyer%20Sched
>>>> ule%20color%2008_10_28nu.pdf
>>>> Download Camp Hope Flyer Black and White: 
>>>> http://camphope2009.org/sites/default/files/Camp%20Hope%20Flyer%20Sched
>>>> ule%20BW%2008_10_28%20nu.pdf
>>>>
>>>> On most days, our presence in Hyde Park will be from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 
>>>> with
>>>> an emphasis on the periods from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM and from 3:00 PM - 
>>>> 6:00
>>>> PM.
>>>>
>>>> Please see the calendar for the schedule of community forums, films, 
>>>> other
>>>> special events endorsed by Camp Hope and for variations to the regular 
>>>> daily
>>>> presence in Hyde Park.
>>>>
>>>> Jan 5 2009 3:00pm - 9:00pm    Vigil, Walk and Screening - "Dr. 
>>>> Strangelove or:
>>>> How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
>>>> Jan 7 2009 6:30pm - 8:30pm    Evening discussion on withdrawal of troops 
>>>> from
>>>> Iraq: Jeff Leys from Voices for Creative Non-Violence and Bob Bossie 
>>>> from Eigth
>>>> Day Center for Justice
>>>> Jan 8 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm    "Abandoning War: A Peoples' Agenda" 
>>>> featuring
>>>> Col. Ann Wright, Michael McPhearson,and Stephen Kinzer
>>>> Jan 9 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm    Premiere Showing of "War on the Family"
>>>> Jan 10 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm    Myths and Realities about U.S. War in
>>>> Afghanistan -A Presentation by Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid
>>>> Jan 11 2009 11:30am - 1:00pm    Screening&  Discussion - "Taxi to the 
>>>> Dark
>>>> Side"
>>>> Jan 11 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm    Witness Against Torture Forum: From
>>>> Guantanamo to the Streets of Chicago: A presentation by Dr. Marc Falkoff 
>>>> of NIU
>>>> and Dr. Flint Taylor of the Peoples Law Office.
>>>> Jan 12 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm    Economic Justice Forum
>>>> Jan 14 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm    An Evening With Ali Abunimah
>>>> Jan 15 2009 6:30pm - 8:30pm    Immigration Reform and Workers Rights: A
>>>> presentaion by Rosie Carrasco from Chicago Metropolitan Sactuary 
>>>> Alliance and
>>>> James Thindwa of Chicago Jobs with Justice.
>>>> Jan 16 2009 7:00pm - 8:30pm    Blackwater Worldwide In Illinois and 
>>>> Beyond: The
>>>> Dangers of Outsourcing Our Security: A presentation by Dan Kenney from
>>>> Clearwater.
>>>> Jan 17 2009 10:00am - 12:00pm    Eco-Justice Collaborative- Morning
>>>> Presentation and Walk to Vigil Site
>>>> Jan 17 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm    Political Satirist Dave Lippman and the 
>>>> Singing
>>>> C.I.A. Agent formerly known as George Shrub
>>>> Jan 18 2009 8:00am - 6:00pm    Closing of Camp Hope with Candlelight 
>>>> Vigil-
>>>> Sending off of Caravan to DC
>>>> Jan 18 2009 7:00pm - 9:00pm    Nature of Racism Lecture Discussion: Neo-
>>>> Racism and the Myth of a Post-Racial US American Empire
>>>> Jan 19 2009 8:00am - 6:00pm    Vigil at the Federal Building to 
>>>> celebrate the Rev.
>>>> Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday
>>>
>>

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