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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE FED2 SERVER

We will be moving Fed2 to a new server sometime in the next few weeks, and there is some important information that you need to know about the way the move will work.

Right now, the new server is being prepared for us, and the programs we need are being installed. We will then be able to set things up the way they should be, which will include moving all the web pages over, setting up the mail program with the mail accounts - which will allow us to use feedback mail again, phew! - and, most important of all, install the code for Fed2.

Then, once we're sure it's working, Alan will take a copy of all the data files from the existing version of the game - the persona file, planet data, company information and all. At that point, Fed will go into "unsaved" mode which means whatever you do will not be saved, so you can go mad and explore all the dangerous places you never dared to go before.

Meanwhile, Alan will put the saved data files onto the new server and once we're sure it's all working OK, we will switch the DNS routing tables so that logging onto "federation.ibgames.net" will take you to the new server instead of the old, so all the things you did on the unsaved version will be wiped out as if they had never happened... except for any embarrassing memories, of course!

We don't know exactly when all this is going to happen. We want to make the switch as soon as possible, of course, but we have to wait until the tech guys finish putting everything together for us. We will send out an email to the Fed2 Star mailing list, and put a notice on the web site, giving you at least 24 hours notice.

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