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Subject: Re: Registration
From: Dave Fisher <dave2wave@comcast.net>
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:19:24 -0700
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Since we can't control existing distributions:

To dos would be.

(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.)
>=20
> A.
>=20
> On 3/19/2012 5:30 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
>> Hi Tobias,
>>=20
>> 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.
>>=20
>> 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-subscribe@incubator.apache.org.
>>=20
>> Regards,
>>=20
>> -Rob
>>=20
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Tobias Cortese
>> <tobiascortese@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=3DOpenOffice.org&locale=3D=
en&cid=3D926117
>>> 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
>=20
>=20