Forum Outage of August 17, 2023

    We have just returned from a several hour outage this morning. It appears that little or nothing has been lost from recent postings, but if you are aware of anything lost or other issues please post here.

    As per the info in the right-hand panel, our first line of backup is checking in at http://www.cassiusamicus.com where I will post updates as to what is going on and suggestions for places to talk while the main site is down.

    We need further backup channels and I will post further about ideas on that.

    Sorry for the absence but glad to be back!

    I have added another address that hopefully is easy to remember in case of outage.

    Anytime we have an outage first try "backup.epicureanfriends.com" and that should get you to the same page for the latest update information.

    Given that backup.epicureanfriends.com is tied to the same domain, however, and might be subject to the same problem as the main website, you can always resort to cassiusamicus.com which is hosted on completely separate servers.

    New post with additional thoughts on backup platforms:

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    RE: Social Media - Instant Messaging (Telegram, Matrix, Threema)

    This subject comes to mind again due to our recent outage on 8/17/23.

    The big issues in choosing an alternate communication platform is something that is actually used by a significant number of people. If people don't have the platform loaded on their telephone then they won't get notifications, and it will take much longer to notify people of outages and get back in communication if something significant takes down the forum for more than a few hours.

    I'd be happy to hear latest thoughts from…
    Cassius
    August 17, 2023 at 10:03 AM

Finding Things At EpicureanFriends.com

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  • Website Overview page - clickable links arrranged by cards.
  • Forum Main Page - list of forums and subforums arranged by topic. Threads are posted according to relevant topics. The "Uncategorized subforum" contains threads which do not fall into any existing topic (also contains older "unfiled" threads which will soon be moved).
  • Search Tool - icon is located on the top right of every page. Note that the search box asks you what section of the forum you'd like to search. If you don't know, select "Everywhere."
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