Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 15:19:05 -0400 (EDT) From: BCPL.NET SysAdmin To: BCPL.NET News Subject: BCPL.NET NEWS: -------------------------------------------------- MAIL.BCPL.NET TO BE DOWN FOR REPAIRS MONDAY JUNE 4 -------------------------------------------------- MAIL.BCPL.NET, our primary UNIX computer, will be taken off line at 8:00 AM Monday, June 4 to replace faulty RAM and to remove a damaged hard disk that needs to be sent to a data recovery specialist. The work should take no more than an hour, so unless Murphy's Law strikes MAIL.BCPL.NET should be back on line by about 9:00 AM. Unfortunately Murphy and his Law have been showing up fairly often in recent weeks, so please be patient if the work takes a bit longer than expected. You *WILL* be able to do the following while MAIL.BCPL.NET is down: o Make PPP connections to BCPL.NET. o Browse any World Wide Web site not hosted on MAIL.BCPL.NET (a.k.a. WWW.BCPL.NET). o Access the Baltimore County Public Library web site at WWW.BCPLONLINE.ORG. o Access the Baltimore County Public Library catalog at CARLWEB.BCPL.LIB.MD.US. o Read USENET NEWS via NEWS.ABS.NET. You *WILL NOT* be able to do the following while MAIL.BCPL.NET is down: o Log into your UNIX shell account on MAIL.BCPL.NET. o Send or receive BCPL.NET e-mail using any e-mail program, including WebMail. o Access the BCPL.NET Internet Services Web pages at WWW.BCPL.NET. o Access any customer Web pages hosted on MAIL.BCPL.NET (a.k.a. WWW.BCPL.NET). o FTP files to or from MAIL.BCPL.NET. Sorry about the interruption and the short notice, but this is our best window of opportunity to get the repairs done. Chip -- BCPL.NET INTERNET SERVICES 320 York Road Towson, MD 21204-5179 U.S.A. CONTACTS: -------- Web Site: http://www.bcpl.net Administration & Policy: ispadmin@bcpl.net 410-887-6180 Sales, Renewals, Account Status: accounts@bcpl.net 410-887-4172 Technical Support (Help Desk): help@bcpl.net 410-887-3297 Usenet News Newsgroup Requests news-admin@bcpl.net 410-887-6180 E-Mail & Newsgroup Abuse Reports: abuse@bcpl.net 410-887-6180 Domain Name Service Issues: dnsadmin@bcpl.net 410-887-6180 FAX: 410-887-2091