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16 Mar 2026 02:52:57 EDT (-0400)
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From: Leroy
Subject: POV Server go down?
Date: 11 Mar 2026 16:30:00
Message: <web.69b1cf98560a2690a0716845f712fc00@news.povray.org>
I made a video yesterday and went to post it here and got the warning 'Server
not found'. I'm in the US (Joplin Missouri for sure) and was wandering was the
problem POV's server or mine!

Having Fun?


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: POV Server go down?
Date: 11 Mar 2026 17:22:13
Message: <69b1dd05$1@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:24:56 EDT, Leroy wrote:

> I made a video yesterday and went to post it here and got the warning
> 'Server not found'. I'm in the US (Joplin Missouri for sure) and was
> wandering was the problem POV's server or mine!

It seems you were able to post this message from the web interface....So 
it's unclear where you were trying to post from (I thought I might try to 
duplicate the issue myself).

I see a binary post in povray.binaries.animations dated today, so it seems 
to be OK.  But as the news server stores both text and binary files, it 
shouldn't have kicked an error when trying to upload if text can be 
posted.



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw


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From: Leroy
Subject: Re: POV Server go down?
Date: 11 Mar 2026 21:20:00
Message: <web.69b213d61932aedea0716845f712fc00@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:24:56 EDT, Leroy wrote:
>
> > I made a video yesterday and went to post it here and got the warning
> > 'Server not found'. I'm in the US (Joplin Missouri for sure) and was
> > wandering was the problem POV's server or mine!
>
> It seems you were able to post this message from the web interface....So
> it's unclear where you were trying to post from (I thought I might try to
> duplicate the issue myself).
>
> I see a binary post in povray.binaries.animations dated today, so it seems
> to be OK.  But as the news server stores both text and binary files, it
> shouldn't have kicked an error when trying to upload if text can be
> posted.
>
>
>
> --
> "I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
> besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

This site wouldn't even load!? Several other sites wouldn't load either. As I
don't have any idea who services who, I didn't know if a major server when down
or not. It was gone only for a day, But my imagination may have work over time
on what could have gone wrong. Maybe AI has decided that half the work doesn't
need POV. Maybe the Russians nuked something, or the middle east targeted POV.
But I feel much better now!


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From: Bald Eagle
Subject: Re: POV Server go down?
Date: 12 Mar 2026 06:45:00
Message: <web.69b298de1932aede1f9dae3025979125@news.povray.org>
"Leroy" <whe### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> ... got the warning
> > > 'Server not found'.

> This site wouldn't even load!?

I got the same thing - it was for maybe 2-3h.
I posted something in the morning, and then went to post something or look
something up, and there was no povray.org

Assuming it was some sort of tech issue that was part of the server move.

- BE


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: POV Server go down?
Date: 12 Mar 2026 14:33:28
Message: <69b306f8$1@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:16:06 EDT, Leroy wrote:

> This site wouldn't even load!? Several other sites wouldn't load either.
> As I don't have any idea who services who, I didn't know if a major
> server when down or not. It was gone only for a day, But my imagination
> may have work over time on what could have gone wrong. Maybe AI has
> decided that half the work doesn't need POV. Maybe the Russians nuked
> something, or the middle east targeted POV. But I feel much better now!

Could have been a temporary outage, but seems OK now. :)



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw


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