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The site is up.  Use the IP # as a workaround.

$ nslookup ftp.xemacs.org
Server:  localhost.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa
Address:  127.0.0.1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    ftp.xemacs.org
Address:  128.174.252.16




Kyle Jones writes:

> This has happened to me three times now, so I no longer believe
> that it is just a glitch.

> (wendy-fate) ftp ftp.xemacs.org
> ftp: ftp.xemacs.org: unknown host
ftp> quit
> (wendy-fate) ftp ftp.xemacs.org
> Connected to ftp.xemacs.org.
> [...blahblahblah...]

> Something is funky with the DNS for ftp.xemacs.org.  I've seen this
> when the name is a CNAME referencing a CNAME but that doesn't seem
> to be the case here.  But it sure smells the same.


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