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INCOMING E-MAIL INTERRUPTED MONDAY MAY 26
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Some time in the early afternoon of Memorial Day the Sendmail "daemon",
which takes delivery of incoming mail, died.  While it was down we were
unable to receive e-mail from remote sites or from BCPL account holders
using PPP-based mail programs.  I didn't become aware of the problem until
about 11:15 PM, at which time I restarted the Sendmail daemon and mail
started pouring in again.

This will not result in loss of incoming mail.  When remote sites cannot
connect to us to deliver mail they either queue it for future delivery or
send it to a "mail exchanger" at UUNET, which delivers it to us later.  As
I write this (11:50 PM) mail is still pouring in from the mail exchanger!
 
Sorry about the interruption.
 
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