hboon/new-textdrive-email

## new-textdrive-email
Dear <recipient>

As you know, Joyent will soon cease providing shared hosting services. In recent weeks I've been readying the relaunch of TextDrive (the company I started in 2004, which subsequently became Joyent) as a shared hosting provider open to the public. The new TextDrive shall also offer replacement hosting to existing Joyent accounts.

The process has been exciting and chaotic, and I can say things are looking great: I've been serving websites and data feeds from the new infrastructure for some time now, and the speed and responsiveness are fantastic. If, like me, you enjoy exploring the nuts and bolts of how things get published online, you'll be impressed.

We're making available some conveniences that may be new to you, such as one-click software installers for popular content management systems, wikis, and so forth. Of course there is a web interface for account and data administration, but these are early days, and for the time being you'll be best off knowing your way around the command line, and having an ability to configure and tweak applications yourself.

That said, as we get ready to open the doors in November, I'd like to ask for a bit of your time to aid our next steps.

First and foremost, there's the question of whether or not you wish to continue on to TextDrive. It may well be that through the bumpy ride of the past few months you've moved on elsewhere. That's perfectly understandable. No hard feelings, best of luck to you, here's hoping we can have a tea someday, but please let us know.

THE ANSWER IS NO
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Please follow this link if you DO NOT wish to continue with TextDrive.

<Link here>
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If you are interested in a TextDrive account, great! Happy to have you. The question for you is one of timing.

Those willing to start with a new, tabula rasa account on the TextDrive platform will jump to the front of the line to have login details sent to them. As you get set up, existing data will be available on Joyent servers until the end of November, and thereafter will be available from backups for six months. Migrating yourself need not be daunting: we have scripts, tricks and documentation showing how.

Those wishing to have their accounts moved certainly will, but this will take some time. Migrations begin this week, to be completed before the end of November.

Let us know which you'd prefer by logging into this stripped-down version of the new TextDrive customer portal.

THE ANSWER IS YES
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Please follow this link if you DO want a TextDrive account

<Link here>
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That's it for now. Thanks in advance for letting us know, and talk to you soon.

All the best to you,

Dean Allen
TextDrive
	Dear <recipient>

	As you know, Joyent will soon cease providing shared hosting services. In recent weeks I've been readying the relaunch of TextDrive (the company I started in 2004, which subsequently became Joyent) as a shared hosting provider open to the public. The new TextDrive shall also offer replacement hosting to existing Joyent accounts.

	The process has been exciting and chaotic, and I can say things are looking great: I've been serving websites and data feeds from the new infrastructure for some time now, and the speed and responsiveness are fantastic. If, like me, you enjoy exploring the nuts and bolts of how things get published online, you'll be impressed.

	We're making available some conveniences that may be new to you, such as one-click software installers for popular content management systems, wikis, and so forth. Of course there is a web interface for account and data administration, but these are early days, and for the time being you'll be best off knowing your way around the command line, and having an ability to configure and tweak applications yourself.

	That said, as we get ready to open the doors in November, I'd like to ask for a bit of your time to aid our next steps.

	First and foremost, there's the question of whether or not you wish to continue on to TextDrive. It may well be that through the bumpy ride of the past few months you've moved on elsewhere. That's perfectly understandable. No hard feelings, best of luck to you, here's hoping we can have a tea someday, but please let us know.

	THE ANSWER IS NO
	--------------------------------
	Please follow this link if you DO NOT wish to continue with TextDrive.

	<Link here>
	--------------------------------

	If you are interested in a TextDrive account, great! Happy to have you. The question for you is one of timing.

	Those willing to start with a new, tabula rasa account on the TextDrive platform will jump to the front of the line to have login details sent to them. As you get set up, existing data will be available on Joyent servers until the end of November, and thereafter will be available from backups for six months. Migrating yourself need not be daunting: we have scripts, tricks and documentation showing how.

	Those wishing to have their accounts moved certainly will, but this will take some time. Migrations begin this week, to be completed before the end of November.

	Let us know which you'd prefer by logging into this stripped-down version of the new TextDrive customer portal.

	THE ANSWER IS YES
	--------------------------------
	Please follow this link if you DO want a TextDrive account

	<Link here>
	--------------------------------

	That's it for now. Thanks in advance for letting us know, and talk to you soon.

	All the best to you,

	Dean Allen
	TextDrive