[Wylug-announce] Planned down time on list server

[Ben]

At 09:42 AM 2/4/00 +0000, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> However there may be a more extended time when the 
>name list.wylug.lug.org.uk does not resolve correctly (those with local 
>DNS servers may be able to help themselves by flushing the caches).
>
>Any mail sent will sort itself out over time... potentially there could 
>be a (say) 4 hour window when things are "strange".

I may have suffered from this window. Recently I could look up
list.wylug.lug.org.uk and found its IP number to be 129.11.144.129
with a TTL of 55 minutes or so.

Is it really necessary to flush the cache if the systems administrator
sets the TTL appropriately during a move?

Ben.


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