Re: My host seems to be DEAD! what should I do?

by Frank Arnold <franka(at)svpal.org>

Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:58:50 -0700
To:	"Cristina CT" <cris.c.tarabini(at)libero.it>, <hwg-servers(at)hwg.org>
References:	libero
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Well, first I'd try to ping the site.
Then you should have some other contact information for the host.
Call them. If they do not respond I hope you have a backup
you can put on another site. Depending on the circumstances,
legal action may be appropriate.
Frank Arnold
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On Tuesday 19 June 2001 14:21, Cristina CT wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> since last week I am having big problems with my web host (www.duploweb.com
> if you can see it!). Their servers seem to be dead and everything (website
> and emails) just does not work.
>
> This morning (and yesterday morning) I seemed to have access to the website
> (http://www.arabnity.com) over the internet for a couple of hours. However,
> it keeps going down and in any case since Thursday last week I haven't been
> able to access the servers via ftp and the emails just won't work!
>
> At this moment the servers are down again (umailme.com reported it to be
> DEAD, whatever that means!!) and I am not getting a reply form their
> support email either - it even bounced yesterday and I am waiting to see
> what happens today!
>
> It is my first website and my first webhost... so I have no clue as to what
> might be happening. Can anyone enlighten me please on what I should do and
> how I can get some info on them? I have no telephone number I can call, by
> the way.
> I don't know if this thread is OT, I hope not, but if that is the case
> please reply personally.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help you may give me.
>
> bye for now,
>
> cristina
> "was" www.arabnity.com !

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