Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:45 am
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » ARG: Iris (Halo 3)
[SPEC] SOTA e-mail address = puzzle?
View previous topicView next topic
Page 3 of 5 [72 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Next
Author Message
redct
Entrenched


Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 1233
Arkane wrote:
The text on http://www.societyoftheancients.com/members.html is written ina strange style, and could definitely be a riddle for us to solve. I'll paste this text into my next message.

However, emails sent to anything@societyoftheancients bounce back with the error PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 13): 550 relay not permitted.

Now I'm not an expert, but gmail says that "SMTP Error 550 relay not permitted" is caused by:

This bounce message was not caused by Gmail. This bounce indicates that the recipient domain's MX (Mail exchanger) record is misconfigured, and does not recognize current Gmail servers.
Please contact the domain's administrators to inform them of this issue. If you're a new Google Apps administrator, please be aware that MX record propagation can take up to 48 hours to complete.

As I see it, this means one of two things:

1) At some stage the email server will be configured correctly, and emails will start getting through; or

2) That the real riddle is to replace the domain name (societyoftheancients) with the answer to the riddle.


550, in summary, means that the server doesn't like you/where the email is coming from.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:28 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
redct
Entrenched


Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 1233

 		Re: e-mail address
grock wrote:

--snip--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Can't send to 'doyougrokSPLAT206.16.223.63'. The Server gives this reason: '504 <doyougrokSPLAT206>:Recipient address rejected: need fully-qualified address'.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Although I don't know a lot about this from looking in Wiki about a 504 server error I believe that the server exists but it timed out.

What do you lot think?


I believe we're on to something! 504 means the email was improperly formatted.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:32 am
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
_
Guest


 		Re: e-mail address
redct wrote:
grock wrote:

--snip--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Can’t send to ‘doyougrokSPLAT206.16.223.63’. The Server gives this reason: ’504 <doyougrokSPLAT206>:Recipient address rejected: need fully-qualified address’.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Although I don’t know a lot about this from looking in Wiki about a 504 server error I believe that the server exists but it timed out.

What do you lot think?


I believe we're on to something! 504 means the email was improperly formatted.


You can't send e-mail to an IP address, unless you do a reverse DNS lookup and get the mail exchanger. There is no SMTP server running on the IP address, either. I feel like there might be one running on some other servers, though, but I haven't checked.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:57 am
 Back to top 
LordC
Veteran

Joined: 21 Jun 2007
Posts: 77

 		Visitor counter
Maybe if the counter reches some amount (critical mass), then the server may open up, and I'm thinking it could be server #4 . . .

it's around 555k visitors - should try to get it in the range of some Halo-relevant number?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:01 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
redct
Entrenched


Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 1233

 		Maybe - but the counter couldn't automatically trigger opening of a server - it's hosted on a third party site.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:19 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
Shlonster
Veteran

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 74

 		So what is the general consensus? Do most people feel we just have to wait for it to open up, or that we need to find the right domain? Is it possible we just haven't found the correct first part to the email?? After all, doyougrok is a question, essentially meaning do you understand... maybe the right email is some sort of proof we understand.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:23 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
redct
Entrenched


Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 1233
Shlonster wrote:
So what is the general consensus? Do most people feel we just have to wait for it to open up, or that we need to find the right domain? Is it possible we just haven't found the correct first part to the email?? After all, doyougrok is a question, essentially meaning do you understand... maybe the right email is some sort of proof we understand.

Yeah, I discussed that in the thread [Spec] DoYouGrok

EDIT: There's been a change in societyoftheancients.com source code... nothing major, the counter doesn't work anymore, though.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:30 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
thebruce
Dances With Wikis


Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Posts: 6899
Location: Kitchener, Ontario
redct wrote:
Maybe - but the counter couldn't automatically trigger opening of a server - it's hosted on a third party site.


I agree.. though it would be nice. And as a technical aside, if we can see the counter, so can the website, even if it's a third party counter. Technically therefore, the content could update once the counter reaches a certain 'mass'. But I highly doubt it will, as cool as that would be.
_________________
@4DFiction/@Wikibruce/Contact
ARGFest 2013 - Seattle! ARGFest.com

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:41 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
dsweenLKN
Boot


Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 13

 		Sorry, redct, but the counter still goes up for me. Is it a problem on your end? Have you tried another computer?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:31 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
redct
Entrenched


Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 1233

 		I've tried two computers-both show that pretty little red X where the counter is Wink

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 4:57 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address
 Back to top 
Shlonster
Veteran

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 74
redct wrote:
I've tried two computers-both show that pretty little red X where the counter is Wink


Counter shows for me... it's at 555,346.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:00 pm
 View user's profile AIM Address
 Back to top 
Lostconfused
Boot

Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Posts: 62

 		Well it would be annoying if we had to get the counter to 777,777. Well either way it seems that we are waiting for something.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:17 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
RyZombie
Boot

Joined: 22 Jun 2007
Posts: 14
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Lostconfused wrote:
Well it would be annoying if we had to get the counter to 777,777. Well either way it seems that we are waiting for something.


we all could just stay on the sota site and keep hitting f5, it seems to go up one everytime.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:25 pm
 View user's profile MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
IMightBeRusty
Veteran


Joined: 11 May 2007
Posts: 119

 		I got us up to 556, 000

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:57 pm
 View user's profile Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
 Back to top 
Maverick2007
Guest


 		SOTA
Has anyone noticed that the SOTA members sign in page is under-construction. In all likelyhood if SOTA is a part of the game its being run by Microsoft correct? So the memberships sign in page is down on purpose, assuming Microsoft is in charge. The first thing on the site is a quote by Issac Newton "...diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." In other words little things are diverting us, like mailing lists, and what not. Does anyone know anything about the background. How to break it down, its code, has anyone noticed anything in it. Just a thought.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:10 pm
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 3 of 5 [72 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Archive » Archive: General » ARG: Iris (Halo 3)
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group