----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry E Dill <jed@rootsquest.com> To: List and Website Owners <listowners@rootsquest.com> Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 12:37 PM Subject: LISTOWNERS: Important - Glitch may have lost mail! > Good morning, > > We are very sorry to have to report we had a major glitch in our mail > systems yesterday evening. The problem apparently existed for at least two > hours, before we discovered it and it took another two hours to fully > recover. The glitch was really not in the system, but was a major memory > failure in the system operator. We tried to fire him, on the spot, but he > just won't leave. We are working on upgrading his memory. > > The worst part of this report is, apparently any mail sent to our mail > system during that period is still floating in cyberspace, never to be > recovered. The system was accepting no mail, but apparently was also not > even sending it back as bounced mail. We are truly sorry for the > inconvenience this error has caused. > > The only suggestion we can make is for anyone who sent mail to any mailing > list on our server or to any personal mail box on our server, please send it > again. By our best calculations, the problem existed between the hours of > 6:30 PM and 11:00 PM MDT on October 7, 1999. > > We further suggest you forward this message, or something similar, to the > members of your individual mailing lists. We have obtained a signed > affidavit from the system operator that he will not put us through this > problem ever again.<GO> > > Please accept our apologies. We appreciate your patience and understanding. > *Jerry > > Jerry E. Dill - Network Administrator > RootsQuest.Com http://www.rootsquest.com/ > USRoots.Com http://www.usroots.com/ > USGenNet.Org http://www.usgennet.org/ > USGenWeb.cc http://www.usgenweb.cc > > jed@rootsquest.com > ICQ UIN 3711901 > > 811 Terry Drive > Emmett, ID 83617-3170 > Phn: 208-365-5328 > FAX: 208-365-1270 > > Dill Family Reunion - World's Biggest Pickle > http://www.Dill-Family-Reunion.Org/ > > IDGenWeb Archives > http://www.rootsquest.com/~idaho/archives/idfiles.html > > >