Forums Down?

[paul cooke]

On Sunday 22 January 2006 18:18, J.Markoll wrote:
> Carroll Grigsby a écrit :
> > Old Rocker wrote:
> >> I've been trying http://www.ubuntuforums.org
> >> Anyone know if the forums are down?
> >
> > So it would seem. When this subject first came up on Thursday on another
> > thread, I gave it a try and it worked for me. However, this morning I
> > get "connection refused". Perhaps they're doing some maintenance.
>
> Same here:
>
> $ host ubuntuforums.org
> ubuntuforums.org has address 64.21.33.9
> ubuntuforums.org mail is handled by 10 mail.ubuntuforums.org.
> joyce at papillon:~$ ping -c 4 64.21.33.9
> PING 64.21.33.9 (64.21.33.9) 56(84) bytes of data.
>
> --- 64.21.33.9 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2999ms
>
> $
> J.M

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