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(1) Create a page that explains things either in the podling site, either wiki, or ooo-site. (2) Redirect all registration[0-9].services.openoffice.org requests to that page. This would be a JIRA ticket for INFRA after doing (1) Volunteers? Regards, DAve On Mar 19, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Andrew Rist wrote: > Perhaps the register landing page should point to a page with this > information. > (and maybe a plug for AOO and the Apache Way, etc.) > > A. > > On 3/19/2012 5:30 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >> Hi Tobias, >> >> Thanks for the report on the registration page. This outage is >> intentional. We are no longer doing user registration with >> OpenOffice.org. Our next release will remove this option so you do >> not get that error message. >> >> The closes thing to "registration" we have is a mailing list that >> users can sign up for to receive updates from the project,such as >> announcements of new releases. If you want to subscribe to this >> list, send an email to: ooo-announce-subscr...@incubator.apache.org. >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Tobias Cortese >> <tobiascort...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> The registration link for OpenOffice brings up an error page. Here's the >>> link and error message: >>> https://registration2.services.openoffice.org/RegistrationWeb/register/urn:st:e7251802-3c52-4e08-a74f-a22eca7458ff?product=OpenOffice.org&locale=en&cid=926117 >>> This webpage is not availableThe server at >>> registration2.services.openoffice.org can't be found, because the DNS >>> lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name >>> to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no >>> connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be >>> caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome >>> from accessing the network.Here are some suggestions:Reload this webpage >>> later.Check your Internet connection. Restart any router, modem, or other >>> network devices you may be using.Check your DNS settings. Contact your >>> network administrator if you're not sure what this means.Try disabling >>> network prediction by following these steps: Go to the wrench menu> >>> Preferences> Under the Hood and deselect "Predict network actions to >>> improve page load performance." If this does not resolve the issue, we >>> recommend selecting this option again for improved performance.Add Google >>> Chrome as a permitted program in your firewall's or antivirus software's >>> settings. If it is already a permitted program, try deleting it from the >>> list of permitted programs and adding it again.If you use a proxy server, >>> check your proxy settings or contact your network administrator to make >>> sure the proxy server is working. If you don't believe you should be using >>> a proxy server, adjust your proxy settings: Go to Applications> System >>> Preferences> Network> Advanced> Proxies and deselect any proxies that >>> have been selected.Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED): Unable to >>> resolve the server's DNS address.Please let me know where I can go to >>> register my product.Thanks,Tobias > >
