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David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> posted:

On Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:55:10 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

NovaBBS has been down for 2 or 3 consecutive days.

NovaBBS currently looks available, if not exactly inspiring, from the UK.

[david@fedora ~]$ ping novabbs.com
PING novabbs.com (167.172.133.81) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from novabbs.com (167.172.133.81): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=89.8 ms

traceroute to novabbs.com (167.172.133.81), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 _gateway (192.168.42.129) 0.748 ms 0.677 ms 1.645 ms
2 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 7.121 ms 7.331 ms 7.679 ms
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 62.172.102.76 (62.172.102.76) 22.035 ms 62.172.102.70
(62.172.102.70) 22.411 ms 62.172.102.76 (62.172.102.76) 22.104 ms
6 62.6.204.203 (62.6.204.203) 23.191 ms peer7- et3-0-7.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net (62.172.102.15) 25.974 ms peer7- et4-0-7.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net (62.172.102.29) 22.675 ms
7 166-49-214-194.gia.bt.net (166.49.214.194) 24.234 ms 16.128 ms
16.450 ms
8 ixp1-ae-0.us-nyh.gia.bt.net (166.49.208.92) 85.053 ms 85.129 ms 85.591 ms
9 * * *
10 * * *
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 * * *
14 * * *
15 * * *
16 novabbs.com (167.172.133.81) 86.554 ms 87.565 ms 86.674 ms

[david@fedora ~]$ whois novabbs.com
[Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
[Redirected to whois.godaddy.com]
[Querying whois.godaddy.com]
[whois.godaddy.com]
Domain Name: NOVABBS.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1702145875_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: https://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2025-02-15T13:31:06Z
Creation Date: 2012-02-14T06:19:54Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2026-02-14T06:19:54Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505

----- NovaBBS has been down for 2 or 3 consecutive days.

it was up yesterday, DOWN today

what was called Yoyo-Mode --- is this term still used?
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