[CRS_META] archive fix - what was done (added DNS records for lists.cal..org).

[Jeff Teeters]

Here is what I did to fix the DNS so that the main site could receive
the mail sent by the lists.
The reason why archives on main website (cal..org/archives) were not
being updated is that mail sent by lists.cal..org to the main website
was being rejected because the main site could not verity that the
sender IP matched the sender domain lists.cal..org.  This was due to
the main site not having a dns "A" (Address) record pointing to the
zoneedit name server for lists.cal..org.  This was a problem last
year.  I fixed it then by doing something similar to below.  (Not sure
if exactly the same).  Here is what I did to fix it last night:
1. Logging in to whm for main site.  (Similar to cpanel, but higher
level, for reseller account).
2. Using DNS tools to edit zone for cal..org domain.
3. Added two new NS entries for lists.cal..org pointing to the
zoneedit name servers.
The MX entry for lists.cal..org was already there.  I'm not sure what
changed from last week (when it was working).  Might be that NS
entries for lists.cal..org were removed.  OR last week the NS entry
for the main site might have been set to the zoneedit name servers,
but were changed to hoststock name servers (which is what they are
now).  If someone notices something else related to name service for
subdomains not working, let me know.  I think on hoststock, the NS
entry for the main site needs to be the hoststock nameservers, or
perhaps the subdomains created using cpanel on the main site will fail
unless an entry is made for them in the zoneedit name servers.
-Jeff


On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Jeff Teeters <jeff at teeters.us> wrote:
> The archives on the main website should be updated whenever a post is
>  mailed by mailman.  (Those archives receive the post as a subscriber).
>   Subscriber name starts with "phorum".
>
>  I think what happened is that when the site went down last week,
>  mailman disabled the subscriptions.  I checked and the crsociety
>  subscription had the "no mail" option checked with a reason of "[B]".
>  I didn't see such a block at the community subscription.  I fixed the
>  block at the crsociety subscription.  I'm not sure about the
>  cr-community.  Maybe there were not enough bounces to disable that.
>  Hopefully things are fixed.  I won't know until a new post is made to
>  either list.
>  -Jeff
>
>
>
>
>  On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Tim C. <crsociety at diethacker.com> wrote:
>  > Todd Sprenkle wrote:
>  >  > Archives of both the main list and the community list are available at
>  >  >
>  >  >     http://www.calorierestriction.org/archive/index.php
>  >  >
>  >  > but have not been updated since March 17th.
>  >  >
>  >  > A more frequently updated archive of the main list is available at
>  >  >
>  >  >     http://lists.calorierestriction.org/pipermail/cr_lists.calorierestriction.org/2008-March/date.html
>  >  >
>  >  > But are community list posts since March 17th currently being archived
>  >  > somewhere? If so, is it accessible?
>  >  >
>  >  > Thanks,
>  >  > Todd
>  >
>  >  Hi Todd,
>  >
>  >  Here are instructions on accessing the older archives (which should be
>  >  very current):
>  >
>  >  CR Comm archives (private - needs password):
>  >  http://lists.calorierestriction.org/mailman/private/crcomm_lists.calorierestriction.org/
>  >
>  >  You can reset your password on this screen (passwords got reset recently
>  >  so you have to do this again even if you have one written down):
>  >  http://lists.calorierestriction.org/mailman/listinfo/crcomm_lists.calorierestriction.org
>  >  (find box, "Unsubscribe or edit options", enter email address and hit enter,
>  >  and on the page that follows hit button "Email My Password To Me").
>  >
>  >
>  >  CR Society archives (still public - no password):
>  >
>  > http://lists.calorierestriction.org/pipermail/cr_lists.calorierestriction.org/
>  >
>  >
>  >  I think the DNS issue that took down the website might have affected the
>  >  newer archives.  That is my best guess right now.
>  >
>  >  -Tim C.
>  >
>  >
>  >
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