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Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]

E-mail problems yet again

For much of today, we have been having e-mail problems (i.e. the domain hosting server is down), so if you e-mailed any of the usual addresses, we probably did not get it.

As a temporary measure, please send all e-mails to samizdata at cloister.dircon.co.uk until you get the all clear.


Oh happy happy joy joy, we love our domain server!

A minor reorganisation

As the ever lengthening stalactite of side bar links was becoming unfeasibly long, I have moved a big chunk of them to a separate page. This new page is also full of juicy goodness and well work you visiting.

Publication of e-mails and the answer to a frequently asked question

We have been deluged with interesting e-mails for publication in the last week, so please do not take it personally if we do not always publish yours. Sometimes we do not publish submissions for editorial reasons or due to excessive length but more usually it is simply because we do not always have the time. Samizdata is a loose but more or less functioning anarchy, so having someone to edit and publish a submission is a rather hit-and-miss affair depending on who does or does not have the time to do it. At the moment the main limiting factor is the sheer amount of incoming e-mail and our available time to digest them all!

And for all who have asked: Natalija Radic is currently off skiing in Austria and so I do not expect to see her posting again for several days yet.

By the way, a few links may have vanished off the side bar due to a minor mishap during template surgery, followed by doing the daily back up the wrong way. Doh!

Samizdata e-mail woes overcome

The regular Samizdata e-mail addresses seem to be working again, so please resume using our usual reply mail (see side bar) and the other Samizdata addresses if you know them, rather than the emergency e-mail address previously posted.

Samizdata e-mail problems

Our usual e-mail address is temporarily down, so in the meantime we can be contacted at samizdata-at-cloister.dircon.co.uk

Blogger.com and Blogspot host problems…and one hundred thousand visitors!

As many of you may already know, blogger.com and blogspot hosting was down for most of today. We will be looking to move off the blogspot server in the near future.

Also thanks to Sandra who sent us the 100k screen shot. We hope you like your extorted prize. We blew through 100,000 visitors fast.

Calling Adil Farooq of Muslimpundit!

Adil, all messages to your e-mail address are bouncing. I need to get in contact with you a.s.a.p!

Samizdata e-mail unweirdness

Our ISP e-mail problems have been sorted out and we are receiving all e-mails properly once more.

Anyone one who did not receive a reply to an e-mail sent to us in the last 24 hours or so might want to send their e-mail again as it does seem that the dircon server ate a few incoming mails. Yummy.

Samizdata e-mail problems

Samizdata seems to be having e-mail problems (or rather the ISP through whom the e-mail routes is having problems), so we may not be getting all incoming mail at the moment (as of 23:15 GMT). It is unclear how long this problem has been going on. I shall report when we are back in touch with the blogosphere.

Picture problems

Sorry but our hosting server has maxed out and thus you may (or may not) have problems seeing the pictures you have have come to see… this will be fixed by tomorrow.

Blogger and template problems

As you can probably deduce, we are having technical problems with both blogger.com and our template. Everything should still be readable so please don’t run away screaming. We are working to fix things as soon as we are able.

New faces at Samizdata

The Samizdata legion of wild-eyed but erudite libertarians continues to grow apace. Our lastest regular contributor is Tom Burroughes, who has been known to moonlight as a journalist at Reuters for his measly paycheck when not more productively spending his time with Libertarian Samizdata. Expect to see him poking a pointy stick in the eye of irrational socialists of both left and right on a regular basis.

Also expect a steady flow of guest articles from people such as author of Statism Sucks! Ver 2.0, the redoubtable Andrew Ian Dodge and many other such folk in the New Year.