Re: Web server is really good, but can't email webmaster
Alex Perry wrote:
> I originally tried to send this message to the Webmaster.
>
> <csmall@scooter.o.i.net>:
> CNAME lookup failed temporarily. (#4.4.3)
> I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long.
This only reflects one webmaster, there is half a dozen of them.
It is a temporary failure, the address is correct, afaict.
> Perhaps someone could deliver the error report to
> the maintainers of the redirector list on master.debian.org
> and/or forward my _minor_ comments to the webmaster?
Please direct your input to debian-www@lists.debian.org. The webmasters
are reading there as well as other people who are interested in
the Debian web site.
> I may not have mentioned this before, but the whole
> web server is well organised and is among the most
> responsive I've found on the internet.
>
> (1) Are you maintaining the 'nocache' tags correctly,
> so that I can have my machine locally cache the site
> and reduce loading on static pages in the usual way ?
Please define "correctly".
> (2) What really slows the whole site is when I hit the
> 'search' feature. I almost dread using it, partly
> because it tends not to find what I'm looking for.
cgi.debian.org is a different machine.
> (4) Is there some way to browse the man pages on the site?
> If there is, I haven't found it. It would be useful to read
> the man pages in a package before I install it...
You could try http://site/cgi-bin/dwww, iirc this is the way to
access documentation through dwww.
Regards,
Joey
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