[MV] is anyone out there?

[Randy B. Singer]

On Jan 14, 2011, at 7:43 PM, david wrote:

> It is only dead when nobody ask a question.

"The Macintosh Guy" hosts several Macintosh discussion lists on one  
server.  All of them have been down since the end of last October.   
An explanation was posted on one of "The Macintosh Guy's" other lists:

>> Simply put, the list server hardware was restarted on 10/23/10 for  
>> facility upgrades at the hosting facility. The host installed a  
>> new UPS battery backup system requiring all server hardware to  
>> take a moment of pause. Apparently the restart wasn't fully happy  
>> and queued up all messages since instead of delivering them  
>> properly since that event.
>>
>> That's the reason for the flood of stored up messages yesterday  
>> (1/13/11) after the administrators figured out what was happening  
>> and gave the hardware another firm kick in the pants.

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Randy B. Singer
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Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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