[DeTomaso] POCA website

[Christopher Kimball]

The Pantera community is truly amazing, and a tremendous benefit to owning a Pantera.
Sincerely,
Chris

> From: steve at snclocks.com
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 09:10:20 -0700
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA website
> 
> There were several reasons I finally decided to buy my Pantera - one is the
> belief that shale gas will keep the price of gasoline reasonable for the
> near future, the other is the fantastic support community of folks who want
> to keep these cars running, and improve them in a myriad number of ways.
> Thank you guys for keeping POCA alive and well.
> 
> Stephen Nelson
>  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at poca.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf
> Of Richard Greenblum
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 6:04 AM
> To: GR2835 at comcast.net; poca email list
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] POCA website
> 
> I only have a general idea of what you guys went through.  I have a very
> good idea of what it means to give up three days of your life, not to
> mention a holiday weekend, for no pay, to save something.
> 
> There are no words that can truly express the gratitude we all feel towards
> you.  Thank you, guys.
> 
> Richard
> Austin, TX
> 
> 
> From:  <GR2835 at comcast.net>
> Date:  Tuesday, September 3, 2013 7:12 PM
> To:  deTomaso List <detomaso at poca.com>
> Subject:  [DeTomaso] POCA website
> 
> To All DeTomaso email subscribers,
>        The POCA website has undergone a major hacking that started in
> January. We were unaware of the severity until Google issued a  block and
> posted a list of reasons it was blocked. I immediately shut the site down
> when I was informed by a concerned POCA member as to the Google posting. I
> shut the site down and called the host server  and updated our SSL
> certificate and reviewed what Google had posted. The realization that it was
> really bad is an understatement.
>        I called the two POCA members Asa Jay Laughten and Mark McWhinney
> that had managed the site in the past and updated them on the severity of
> the hack. These two guys jumped in and started working as team to try and
> save as much information as possible from the website. I can't begin to tell
> you how awesome these guys were at bantering ideas back and forth to come up
> with solutions. The end result is the pictures and much data have been
> rescued. The email server has been restored  and updated to a much newer
> version....( You are receiving this thanks to 3 days of endless
> keyboarding)...and the basic web page has been updated to the newest version
> that will do much more than in the past when things get installed and
> initiated. These  two guys gave up their long weekend to preserve the site
> and I know we're mentally exhausted last night when they stopped.
>      I hope that everyone floods their email with thanks for what they gave
> up to save the POCA information and get the servers up and running with new
> and improved everything.
>    Cudos to you guys.......
> Gerry in Illinois
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