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Please be aware that if you’ve a HotMail account which is used to receive your notifies of updated diaries and/or comments you will not be able to receive them at the moment. I am in discussion with Hotmail about why this is so, and at the moment the IP address of our (new) server is…

That moving a server means moving IP addresses. Moving IP addresses of a nameserver means dealing with Network Solutions to get the host record changed. Dealing with Network Solutions is like selling your soul to the devil only MUCH MUCH more painful. So we transferred the domains to Easyspace 🙂 However, as a result, we…

Is it possible for you to provide me with a list of diaries I am on the notify list of before the change? I’m on lists of folks who hardly ever update. I’m afraid I’ll forget to add myself to them without a reminder. Unfortunately, that’s one of the biggest reasons for the change –…

Just a quick note for anyone who cares, the database server has been running on what the authors called a Gamma release. That is, it was mostly stable but they wanted to make absolutely sure before calling it stable… The latest release, which is now installed on the DearDiary server, is now the latest and…

Hi All, Matt here. This is just a quick note to say that I am in the process of moving house at the moment – packing has begun, we pick up keys tomorrow and the move itself happens on the 23rd. This means that for the most part i’m going to be off the net…

Or, you just get a 403, Forbidden error message… Yeah, sorry. The server was recently compromised by some unscrupulous bots that exploit weaknesses in various scripts that are available on the internet. Usually phpBB, but the list is growing. I’ve therefore tightened up the security settings for the server, but it appears these settings are…