Re: Unable to log in to vim.org

On Mo, 17 Apr 2023, cjsmall wrote:

> I have just found out that vim.org is not accessible.  Firefox reports:  "We can't connect to the server at vim.org. Did you mean to go to www.vim.org?"
>
> Indeed, www.vim.org does allow access to the main site.  When I attempt to ping vim.org:
>
> # ping vim.org
> ping: vim.org: Name or service not known
>
> Pinging www.vim.org attempts to work, but it never completes.  Maybe you have ping blocked to avoid other networking problems.
>
> In any event, it looks like vim.org is not properly forwarding to www.vim.org and not properly DNS registered..

This has been discussed several times. TLDR: always use www.vim.org

But this is a different issue than the one reported before, which was an
issue with the database connection at the vim.org server side.

> [Note: I tried sending this message as a reply from my news reader and it disappeared - likely because I had the moderator address as vim@vim.org.  This post was made on Google Groups, so
> apologies if the duplicate ever shows up.]

I did not see any message in the moderation queue. Usually posting via a
NNTP News Reader does not work.

Best,
Chris
--
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