Bur.st problems / downtime (September 2008)

Hi all, we experienced a registrar related problem from September 1st that resulted in our domain being unavailable. Hopefully this should now be rectified but it may take a little time before everyones services are available again. As a result, some mail may have been lost. Trent - Bur.st Support

Bur.st in 2008

In recent news:

• Admins have resolved a major mail server problem
• We have some plans to fix the support queue. Until then please try to keep requests down to a minimum
• Mail seconding services are being discontinued and will be phased out over the comming months
• There will be some downtime soon for a RAM upgrade and hdd repair
• Donations have dried up and we are bleeding money now, with new signups having been closed for a long time due to the lack of support staff

Bur.st Annual General Meeting 2007

The minutes of Bur.st's 2007 Annual General Meeting are now available online.

Bur.st Powers On Into 2007!

As you can see we have a new website design, thanks to Brent. We hope you like it, but if not there is a thread on the forums about it where you can give your opinion.

We have been working to clean up the spam on the forums and a new forum patch and security features will hopefully keep the spammers out of there. The forum is a good place to go for common problems and questions about using bur.st for various things (such as web development). Remember that the Bur.st support team cannot help you with setting up your website or coding PHP, but you can usually find a forum post for common problems.

Support queues are very busy lately as we have many new users and our support team is coping as best they can.

Thankyou to all our users who continue to support us with donations! They help to keep our servers running 24/7 and we simply wouldnt be here if it wasnt for the generosity of these users.

Bur.st Annual General Meeting 2006

The AGM was held tonight (17th October 2006) on irc.bur.st #AGM and everything went well. Minutes of the meeting will be made available soon(ish).

Please welcome Rob Morgan (of Waix Resources) and Simon Chalmers (our fearless Technical Manager) onto the board. Also welcome back Andrew Francis returning to the board for another term. You just cant keep this man away!

Thanks to all the members who showed up for the event. The IRC format was ideal, as it allowed members from across Australia to attend. The lack of refreshments at this AGM was cause for minor concern.

Recent IP Changes

ns2.bur.st and mail2.bur.st new IP: 203.82.210.9
ns3.bur.st and mail3.bur.st new IP: 202.53.4.130

New Server has Arrived

After much work and time our new server is now fully live and functional. The server went live on the 1st April 2006. As this is a new server there are bound to be a few hiccups so please email with any issues.

Bur.st Donating Members - Thank you for your continued support!

Bur.st relies on user donations to pay the bills, keep critical systems up-to-date and expand for the future. Donating members can access additional services such as PHP & MySQL for dynamic website hosting, multiple domain hosting and unhindered shell access (among other things). Click here for some other reasons to become a donating member.