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To: David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Freeciv] server problems?
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 19:36:26 -0600

On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 11:52:25AM +1100, David Pfitzner wrote:

> The machine itself has been back for a while, but it has changed 
> its IP number, and the DNS for "www.freeciv.org" hasn't been 
> updated yet.  (Hopefully it will be soon.)
> 
> As a short term work-around, it seems that the old hostname
> of freeciv.ultraviolet.org is working again these days.

I would suggest setting the nameserver as a CNAME pointing to
freeciv.ultraviolet.org instead of an A record.  That way, if this happens
again later, as soon as the ultraviolet nameserver is updated, everything
else is too; no need to separately update the freeciv.org nameserver.


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