[plug] PLUG domain names, was Re: [plug-ctte] Minutes feedback

[Harry McNally]

Hi Nick

Original wayward email sent at 9.32am and no bounce after 8 hours.

Mightn't that be enough bouncey time ? Do we, in fact, bounce ? :-)

I will test more curiously and advise admin@

All the best
Harry

On 22/10/25 12:40, Nick Bannon wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 10:13:37AM +0800, Harry McNally via committee wrote:
> [ re: https://www.plug.org.au/events/committee/2025/10-21/ ]
>> Here's a thing. I just sent this to committee at plug.linux.org.au and it
>> didn't arrive. Then I realised the address. Is this something to update to
>> forward to the new server or did this never work ?
> [...]
>> All the best
>> Harry
> Hi there! Our "main" domain name is plug.org.au , and has been for a
> very long time. However LA also delegates plug.linux.org.au back to us,
> which is no bad thing.
>
> We host our own DNS and the configuration for that is visible on:
> https://github.com/plugorgau/plug-services/blob/main/roles/dns-server/templates/knot.conf.j2
> So - literally the same file: "/etc/knot/plug.org.au.zone" contents are
> served up for both plug.org.au and plug.linux.org.au .
> (Also - thank you to Tim for being a stable and generous DNS contact
> and keeping us renewed, year after year).
>
> I haven't tested the mail side of that much, but yes, it's totally
> possible that the less usual mail address isn't working right now? You
> might get a bounce back in due course? and maybe we can get some
> repeatable tests written down if we want to fix it - a great tool for
> that is:
> https://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks
>
> One other recent change - UGMM is now live and active on it's own name:
> https://ugmm.plug.org.au/
> (no longer https://www.plug.org.au/ugmm/ )
> Some of the links back into the main website will need an update, which
> might be a https://wiki.mozilla.org/Good_first_bug if anyone wants to
> lend a hand with PLUG infrastructure/website stuff.
>
> Nick.
>