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FINALLY - I GOT MY S COVERED

When we last left off, our hero (that would be me) was waiting for the e-mail certification from DigiCert. It didn't come in the suggested 5 minutes, but it got here soon enough so that panic and/or depression didn't set in.

I checked -- still no S on my address, I figured it was too soon, but if I contacted the web host, perhaps I could hurry it along.

So I opened a chat with my web host, and the tech who helped me asked for a ticket number, so I gave him the ticket number from the web host, the ticket number from DigiCert, the ticket number I was told by the webhost to give to DigiCert, the ticket number DigiCert said to give to my webhost, my customer number, my support ID number, a few other reference numbers I kept on the pad by the phone (old-fashioned, I know but accessible) and said "Pick one."

"Please wait while I do some research"

||: "Thanks for your patience" :|| (only a few repeats - probably bot-generated)

And finally he said I'm approved and sent me this link

https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=nortonmusic.com

I think I'm going to frame it and hang it on the wall.

The links for the new products should resolve with the https instead of plain old http, if it doesn't add the S yourself. Sometimes the Internet never forgets.

So this chapter ends with satisfaction.

And if all the potential customers who got scared off by the warnings that I'm insecure come back and buy something that I hope they will enjoy, I could use the business to help me after 2 years of covid unemployment from my main job, gigging.

So Mrs. Notes and I are going to uncork a bottle of wine with our lunch, and then I'll get back to catching up on all the work I put off while spending uncounted hours trying to get that all-hallowed s.

I've learned that when you have a good reason to be angry, yelling at the poor representative on the phone, and then immediately apologizing for yelling out of frustration can possibly yield results -- or at least some sympathy.

So please, if you tried to buy something from Norton Music and were scared away by that warning, come back and try again.

Thanks,

Notes ♫

Bob "Notes" Norton smile Norton Music
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