[steveegg]

Not sure whom to ask what might be a dumb question: when I go offline, should I first log out here? It took awhile to get in here today. Thanks in advance.

That's entirely up to you. I don't see the IP address (the 209.157... part) changing, so it should be no harm in keeping yourself logged in.

As a side note, if you didn't log out the last time you were able to use freerepublic.com as the address, once it comes back up, you should still be logged in.

[bd476]

Thanks Steveegg,

Also, not sure if this is all that important, but a Google search on "Free Republic is down" turned up some nonsense threads speculating on reasons for the problems with DNS, etc.

Unfortunately at this moment I'm on a computer with firewalls blocking my ability to respond to the disinformation on those ridiculous threads.

Kent, I have pinged you because one of the threads is from a Seattle based newsgroup. Perhaps you could shine some light for those who seem to be wallowing in ignorance on a few of those threads. Then again - why waste the keystrokes.