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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:18:54 +0200 (EET)
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Risto_J=E4=E4skel=E4inen?= <rjaaskel@saunalahti.fi>
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Subject: Re: Registration
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I just wonder if all OpenOffice users are not Englishmen ... how this is ha=
ndled?
Regards
Risto

Rob Weir [robweir@apache.org] kirjoitti:=20
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2wave@comcast.net> wrot=
e:
> > Since we can't control existing distributions:
> >
> > To dos would be.
> >
> > (1) Create a page that explains things either in the podling site, eith=
er wiki, or ooo-site.
> >
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> I wonder whether this page would be appropriate:
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> http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html
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> That is the one that we currently point users to as they download OOo
> 3.3.  It seems to cover all the bases,  getting help, mailing lists,
> etc.  It even might direct some dimes to the treasury.
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> Maybe just change the header to "Thanks for downloading OpenOffic.org
> " ??   That would then cover both bases.
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> > (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?
> >
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> If there are no objections I'll do the above.
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> > 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 inf=
ormation.
> >> (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. =C2=A0This outage is
> >>> intentional. We are no longer doing user registration with
> >>> OpenOffice.org. =C2=A0Our 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. =C2=A0 If you want to subscribe to thi=
s
> >>> list, send an email to: =C2=A0 ooo-announce-subscribe@incubator.apach=
e.org.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> -Rob
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Tobias Cortese
> >>> <tobiascortese@hotmail.com> =C2=A0wrote:
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>> The registration link for OpenOffice brings up an error page. Here's=
 the link and error message:
> >>>> https://registration2.services.openoffice.org/RegistrationWeb/regist=
er/urn:st:e7251802-3c52-4e08-a74f-a22eca7458ff?product=3DOpenOffice.org&loc=
ale=3Den&cid=3D926117
> >>>> This webpage is not availableThe server at registration2.services.op=
enoffice.org can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed. DNS is the netw=
ork 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 mis=
configured network. It can also be caused by an unresponsive DNS server or =
a firewall preventing Google Chrome from accessing the network.Here are som=
e suggestions:Reload this webpage later.Check your Internet connection. Res=
tart any router, modem, or other network devices you may be using.Check you=
r 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> =C2=A0Preferences> =C2=A0Under the Hood and deselect "Pre=
dict network actions to improve page load performance." If this does not re=
solve the issue, we recommend selecting this option again for improved perf=
ormance.Add Google Chrome as a permitted program in your firewall's or anti=
virus software's settings. If it is already a permitted program, try deleti=
ng 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 administrat=
or to make sure the proxy server is working. If you don't believe you shoul=
d be using a proxy server, adjust your proxy settings: Go to Applications> =
=C2=A0System Preferences> =C2=A0Network> =C2=A0Advanced> =C2=A0Proxies and =
deselect any proxies that have been selected.Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_R=
ESOLVED): Unable to resolve the server's DNS address.Please let me know whe=
re I can go to register my product.Thanks,Tobias
> >>
> >>
> >
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