# Suggest reinstating boards.straightdope.com redirect
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [January 19, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619 "2007-01-19T20:37:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619/1 "2007-01-19T20:37:36Z")
Not a big deal, but I’m used to coming to this site by [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com). It would redirect to [boards.straightdope.com/SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/SDMB), but as of now, it gives a “forbidden” error.
It might make people who don’t remember the /SDMB part thing the boards are still down. It did for me for a moment.
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619/2 "2007-01-19T20:42:23Z")
That’s because [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) still points to the old IP address, not the new one. Wait a day or so for the DNS info to propagate and it will once again resolve properly.
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619/3 "2007-01-19T20:54:59Z")
Looks like it’s resolved for me. I can now access the new server with [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com). That was pretty fast.
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### Author:  [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619/4 "2007-01-19T21:08:53Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]
Looks like it’s resolved for me. I can now access the new server with [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com). That was pretty fast.
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Same here. Works nicely. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619/5 "2007-01-19T21:12:33Z")
I remember years ago waiting for DNS propagation for two or three days before it resolved for everyone. I guess there have been improvements to the DNS server network since then.
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### Author:  [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619/6 "2007-01-19T21:35:37Z")
I was using [boards.straightdope.com/SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/SDMB) to connect to the message board, so the address resolved properly. It’s just that “[boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” wasn’t set up to redirect to “[boards.straightdope.com/SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/SDMB)”, which isn’t strictly speaking a DNS issue. It appears to be fixed now, anyway.
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619/7 "2007-01-19T21:40:17Z")
[QUOTE=SenorBeef]
I was using [boards.straightdope.com/SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/SDMB) to connect to the message board, so the address resolved properly.
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I tried it immediately after reading your OP. The URL [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb) actually redirected to [http://207.97.195.229/sdmb](http://207.97.195.229/sdmb); if I hadn’t looked at the address bar, I’d have never noticed because it _seemed_ like it just loaded normally.
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### Author:  [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-reinstating-boards-straightdope-com-redirect/388619/8 "2007-01-19T22:58:41Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.]
I remember years ago waiting for DNS propagation for two or three days before it resolved for everyone. I guess there have been improvements to the DNS server network since then.
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I think so. I’ve always heard the “24-72 hours for propagation” thing, but everytime we’ve made changes to our DNS servers, we get clients all over the place hitting the new addresses within just a few hours.