The Loony Bin
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Thu, 20 Feb 1997 17:59:24 +0000
Hiya Folks...
Here's a notice on the forthcoming regular scheduled maintenance of the
net...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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*******************Internet Goddess********************
**********************ANDROMEDA************************
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*** Attention ***
It's that time again!
As many of you know, each year the Internet must be shut down for 24
hours in order to allow us to clean it.
The cleaning process, which eliminates dead email and inactive ftp, www
and gopher sites, allows for a better-working and faster Internet.
This year, the cleaning process will take place from 12:01 a.m. GMT on
February 28 until 12:01 a.m. GMT on February 29 (the time least likely
to interfere with ongoing work).
During that 24-hour period, five powerful Internet search engines
situated around the world will search the Internet and delete any data
that they find.
In order to protect your valuable data from deletion we ask that you do
the following:
1. Disconnect all terminals and local area networks from their
Internet connections.
2. Shut down all Internet servers, or disconnect them from the
Internet.
3. Disconnect all disks and hardrives from any connections to the
Internet.
4. Refrain from connecting any computer to the Internet in any way.
We understand the inconvenience that this may cause some Internet users,
and we apologize. However, we are certain that any inconveniences will
be more than made up for by the increased speed and efficiency of the
Internet, once it has been cleared of electronic flotsam and jetsam.
We thank you for your cooperation.
Kim Dereksen
Interconnected Network Maintenance staff,
Main branch,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sysops and others: Since the last Internet cleaning, the number of
Internet users has grown dramatically.
Please assist us in alerting the public of the upcoming Internet
cleaning by posting this message where your users will be able to read
it. Please pass this message on to other sysops and Internet users as
well.
Thank you.