Here are some links to get you started on the road to IT sage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_%28computing%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_computer
Setting up a website:
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/setup.html
And of course:
http://www.google.com/
You will find in-depth answers to your questions, which would otherwise
clog the pipes around here, as it were.
Regards,
John Ellingsworth
Anthony West wrote:
Thank you, Frank, for correcting one statement I do not understand with
another statement I do not understand. I promise I'll try not to get you
in trouble by misquoting anything you said. Since I'm not up to speed on
this field, I'm not a good source anyway.
I'd still like to know more of the actual, basic IT mechanics and
standard business arrangements of setting up /any discussion group/,
starting with the particular players in this brouhaha: UC-list, aka
"purple", and Kyle's list, aka "UCneighbors". I've asked a few basic
questions of the list subscribers, but it appears most of us are fuzzy
enough on the details not to venture to explain them to the rest.
Can we get basic? Like, what's a "domain"? What's a "server"? What's a
"host"? Etc., etc. Even people who work cleverly with computers every
day don't necessarily understand the mechanics or the customary business
arrangements in this field. Not to mention me.
In return, I promise, if you should ever need to choose a chimney-sweep,
I will walk you through the process.
-- Tony West
Frank wrote:
I do not own cruisingforsex.com. My domain resides on their servers.
My post read:
My domain is hosted cruisingforsex.com servers which, in turn, sit in
a server farm owned by yet another domain.
It should have read:
My domain is hosted ON cruisingforsex.com servers which, in turn, sit
in a server farm owned by yet another domain.
The owner of cruisingforsex.com is a good friend of mine in whose
Atlanta apartment I now sit while he's on vacation. I designed his
site but I don't own it. He offered to host my site for free.
Frankus
Sleek. Edgy. Infintely flexible.
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