<html><head><style type='text/css'>body { font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; }p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div>Same here. E-mail is not a compelling leverage over the hosts. They must be accessible in person or the probes will be gone sooner or later.<br><br></div><div>Best thing to do is to distribute only among reachable enthusiasts,</div><div>and collect as soon as the flame is about to fade.<br></div><div><br>By the way, has anyone noticed the drastic increase in the traffic consumed by the probes recently?<br></div><div>Isn't it another cause for that abadonment?<br><br></div><div class="x-axi-signature" style="; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><div align="left">​Regards,<br>M. Tajbakhsh<br><br></div></div><br>Jaap Akkerhuis wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; border-left: 1px solid lightgrey">
Amreesh Phokeer writes:<br><br> > Hi Martin,<br> ><br> > > On 30 Apr 2019, at 00:39, Martin Levy <a href="mailto:<martin@cloudflare.com>" target="_blank"><martin@cloudflare.com></a> wrote:<br> > > <br> > > How can we fix the "abandoned" part? What part can an ambassador play in order to get abandoned probes back online?<br> ><br> > This is what happens when probes are distributed in the wild. In Africa, we have the same problem, now our strategy is to give it to interested collaborators only.<br> ><br><br>Yeah, that is my experience as well and why I have given up bringing<br>probes to ICANN meetings etc. I'm getting a tad tired of these people<br>who swear on the grave of their favorite cat that they would install<br>them, they actually never do and never aswer mail either. This on top<br>of those people who initial instll them and themn abandone them after<br>some time.<br><br></blockquote>
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