Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:35:04 -0500 (EST) From: BCPL.NET SysAdmin To: BCPL.NET News Subject: BCPL.NET News: Emergency Repairs ------------------------------------------------------- MAIL.BCPL.NET TO BE DOWN FOR REPAIRS TUESDAY JANUARY 14 ------------------------------------------------------- MAIL.BCPL.NET, our primary UNIX computer, will be taken off line at 8:00 AM Tuesday, January 14 to replace faulty RAM that has been causing performance and reliability problems. The work should take no more than 30 minutes, so unless Murphy's Law strikes MAIL.BCPL.NET should be back on line by 8:30 AM. Unfortunately Murphy and his pesky Law have been fairly active around here in recent weeks, so please be patient if the work takes a bit longer than expected. If you already have a connection to BCPL.NET before 8:00 AM, you will be able to do the following while MAIL.BCPL.NET is down: 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 Make new dialup connections to BCPL.NET.. 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