lemmy.fmhy.ml is gone [update from the team] (very.bignutty.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@sh.itjust.works to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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An update:

fmhy.ml is gone, due to the ongoing fiasco with mali government taking all their .ml domains back
As such, lemmy.fmhy.ml is also gone, we are currently exploring ways to refederate (or somehow restart federation entirely) without breaking anything substantial
We have backups, so don't worry about data loss (you can view them on other instances anyway)

Currently, we have fmhy.net and are exploring options to somehow migrate, thank you for your patience.

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[-] peereboominc@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Does this have anything to do with the whole email thing from the American military? According to the financial times, there are about 117.000 emails send to .ML addresses instead of .MIL..

Translated page: https://tweakers-net.translate.goog/nieuws/211828/nederlander-die-ml-voor-mali-beheert-kreeg-duizenden-e-mails-amerikaanse-leger.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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[-] FlashPossum@fedia.io 0 points 1 year ago

Is Mali gov just removing all DNS records without warning?
No respect for existing contracts, or at least some heads up a couple of months earlier.

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[-] nix@merv.news 0 points 1 year ago

I’ve been seeing posts from users on lemmy.ml though? How’s that possible

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[-] RootBeerGuy@ttrpg.network 0 points 1 year ago

So why is lemmy.ml still working?

At least I see posts from their instance, like this one https://midwest.social/post/1290001

[-] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

lemmy.fmhy.ml is pirate friendly, lemmy.ml is not. Maybe the Mali government suddenly decided they don't like piracy because... reasons? Maybe the Somalian pirates pissed them off???

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I doubt they care about such things.

[-] saffron@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Hello! I'm new to Lemmy, could someone break this down like I'm 5 and explain what it means for the people who were already on there?

[-] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Only instances with a ".ml" at the end of the name may or may not be affected. Lemmy is a collection of instances so the loss of a few will not cripple the whole thing. Content over the whole is not greatly affected.

If your home log-in instance is one that's affected, you'll have to find a new one. You'll know right away because the instance will be unreachable. Not a big deal, last time I looked there was over 1200 instances to chose from.

Another consideration is any communities living on an affected instance may have issues. All communities are common to Lemmy, but each originates from a particular instance. We've not yet seen a major instance go down so I don't know how Lemmy deals with communities getting orphaned like that.