Whoops! Domain expired. All fixed.

[Forum Moderator]

Sorry for the brief hiatus 1/1/23 to 1/3/23. Everything should be back to normal.
Lee

[bob turner]

Lots of folks would like to join the 2-rail conversations. Any chance that could be fixed?

[Joseph Frank1]

Hello Lee

THANKS much for getting MTJ back up and running.!!!

I was the one who found the GO DADDY DOMAIN website page that came up when I clicked on Model Train Journal link in my computer favorites list. It listed " MODEL TRAIN JOURNAL -- and then beneath -- something ie: " THIS DOMAIN IS EXPIRED " and then " THIS DOMAIN IS FOR SALE ".

Many others saw that same notice-page -- so what was I to think --other than I was very disappointed, saddened, to see MTJ "end" that way. And now so glad to see MTJ come back up a short while ago when I went to check the MTJ link again to see if that Go Daddy Domain site came up again. And MTJ Website came back instead.

Glad to see you are still involved as there are countless loyal members here at MTJ forum as you likely well know

Best Regards - Joseph Frank

[E7]

Thank you Lee for your service, which goes largely unrecognized. I'm sure Bill is up there smiling!

Happy Holidays,
Rich

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Thanks for keeping the lights on, Lee!

[E7]

What happened, without pointing the finger at anyone in particular!

This is what went down to the best of my knowledge:

There is NO FREE LUNCH!

Web space for the Forum costs money. Our original benefactor Bill Lango made arrangements with his son-in-law (hope I got that correct) Lee, to administrate MTJ after his passing. I am guessing Lee (It's the HOLIDAY season and Lee has a life outside of catering to us) forgot to pay the fare and Go Daddy hammered US.

With the Forum down, there was NO easy way to contact Lee. Fortunately, one of our members (he can step forward at his own discretion) had Mr. Berman's E-mail, and notified him about the outage. Mr. Berman then proceeded to correct the problem. Sounds a lot easier than the reality!

If you read the notice from the Domain holder (Go Daddy), it was easy to jump to any number of conclusions.

In the spirit of the season, instead of pointing fingers, we should THANK Mr. Berman, and say a prayer for Bill, and try to be a little kinder to our fellow forum members, and NOT assume we know everything. Let's leave all the BS, childish behavior, bad manners and politics elsewhere.

Rich

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Fortunately, one of our members (he can step forward at his own discretion) had Mr. Berman's E-mail, and notified him about the outage. Mr. Berman then proceeded to correct the problem.

Good to know.

[DaveJfr0]

Sorry for the brief hiatus 1/1/23 to 1/3/23. Everything should be back to normal.
Lee

HNY!

I don't post a whole lot, but thank you for continuing to pay for the MTJ domain and hosting. Still some good reads here.

If there are issues with new users joining, you can DM me, and I can attempt to help you fix that.

[J. S. Bach]

Yes, THANK YOU, Lee, for getting us back and maintaining this forum!