FYI: [Fwd: [dnsbl-users] [sorbs-announce] Imminent closure of SORBS.]

[Oliver Falk]

Thx for the information!!!

-of

Brendan Pirie wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	[dnsbl-users] [sorbs-announce] Imminent closure of SORBS.
> Date: 	Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:01:44 +1000
> From: 	Michelle Sullivan <matthew at sorbs.net>
> Organization: 	Spam and Open Relay Blocking System
> To: 	sorbs-announce at sorbs.net
> 
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> 
> Please feel free to forward this message to any other location/mailing list.
> 
> 
> It comes with great sadness that I have to announce the imminent closure
> of SORBS.  The University of Queensland have decided not to honor their
> agreement with myself and SORBS and terminate the hosting contract.
> 
> 
> I have been involved with institutions such as Griffith University
> trying to arrange alternative hosting for SORBS, but as of 12 noon, 22nd
> June 2009 no hosting has been acquired and therefore I have been forced
> in to this announcement.  SORBS is officially "For Sale" should anyone
> wish to purchase it as a going concern, but failing that and failing to
> find alternative hosting for a 42RU rack in the Brisbane area of
> Queensland Australia SORBS will be shutting down permanently in 28 days,
> on 20th July 2009 at 12 noon.
> 
> 
> This announcement will be replicated on the main SORBS website at the
> earliest opportunity.
> 
> 
> For information about the possible purchase of SORBS, the source code,
> data, hosts etc, I maybe contacted at michelle at sorbs.net, telephone +61
> 414 861 744.
> 
> 
> For any hosting suggestions/provision, please be aware that the 42RU
> space is a requirement at the moment, and the service cannot be made
> into a smaller rackspace without a lot of new hardware, virtual hosting
> is just not possible.  The SORBS service services over 30 billion DNS
> queries per day, and has a number of database servers with fast disk to
> cope with the requirements.
> 
> 
> Thank you for all your support over the years,
> 
> 
> Michelle Sullivan
> (Previously known as Matthew Sullivan)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Brendan
>