Rod, at 06:47 on Apr 13 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> I'd have not only expected things to have returned to normal by now,
BG> but was awaiting quite a large packet as the backlog cleared, but
BG> that just hasn't happened, and I'm now wondering if somebody's system
BG> hasn't actually somehow lost or deleted the missing mail instead.

RS> Yeah, lasting a surprisingly long time. Presumably its either
RS> a hardware failure or someone has gone away like Dave Hatch.

I know that Marwick has two main southern feeds, and as far as I can tell,
one of them has dried up completely over the past 7-10 days.  Might be
James Collins' system in the Brisbane Valley, but I can't be sure about
that.

RS> What about the stuff that Alwyn imports direct from OS, surely that
RS> stuff hasnt died as well ?  Tho MB you dont read any of those yourself.

BG> Only HS_MODEMS, and that's been completely dead as well.  It's a worry.

RS> Odder and odder. You cant even blame it on some problem with the internet
RS> feed from the US, albeit thru two different routes as far as I am aware.
RS> That doesnt explain why the stuff like Zone3_Tech has had nothing. 

Z3T is a good example of what's happening, too.  Still mail from people in
FNQ and SA (and a trickle from Vic), but nothing from NZ or Sydney that I
can tell.  Probably the same old problem of somebody's system running
perfectly for 11 months, then crashing the very day they walk out the door
for a 2-week holiday.  Mr Murphy has struck again, it would appear...

Regards, Bill

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