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---+ History of GNHLUG's Internet Presence

The first GNHLUG Internet thingy was a mailing list, =gmjlig@zk3.dec.com=.  The listmaster was [[Main.MarkGelinas][Mark Gelinas]], who worked in building ZK3 of the now-defunct DEC (Digital Equipment Corp).  This was all there was for a long time.

At some point, =gnhlug.org= got registered as a domain name.  I believe [[Main.BruceDawson][Bruce Dawson]] did this.  This was no later than 1999 SEP 10 (per the WHOIS info for the domain, as of 2023 DEC 29).

A website was created.  I believe this was also Bruce's original doing.  Hosting was provided by Bruce's company, [[http://www.codemeta.com][CodeMeta]].  The website has gone through a few major iterations, including being a blog-like site running the _Post-Nuke_ software, and most recently a wiki via TWiki.

On Wed 7 Aug 2002, the general discussion mailing list was migrated from =gnhlug@zk3.dec.com= to =gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org=, again hosted by !CodeMeta.

Everything stayed with Bruce and !CodeMeta for a long time.

In 2006, the server known at [[ServerLiberty][=liberty=]] was put into operation.   [[http://www.mv.com][MV Communications]] generously provided co-location for free.

The web site was [[ServerFromHive][migrated]] from =hive.codemeta.com= to =liberty= on FIXME.  The [[ServerFromRogue][mailing lists]] were migrated from =rogue.codemeta.com= to =liberty= on Sat 2006 Oct 14.

On FIXME, [[ServerDNS][DNS]] registration was transferred to [[Main.ColeTuininga][Cole Tuininga]], who was working at !DynDNS at the time, and got that stuff for free.  On FIXME, DNS hosting was transferred from !CodeMeta to =liberty=, with !DynDNS providing secondaries.

Due to disk failure plus admin laziness, in 2008, the server was offline from 23 Oct through 10 Nov.

Topic revision: r3 - 2023-12-29 - BenScott

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