Subject: 
              Status: lists.rootsweb.com 
 Resent-Date: 
              Mon, 14 Sep 1998 01:12:40 -0700 (PDT) 
Resent-From: 
              [email protected]
        Date: 
              Sun, 13 Sep 1998 22:13:41 -0700 
        From: 
              Brian Leverich 
    Reply-To: 
              "Dr. Brian Leverich" 
          To: 
              [email protected]




The lists.rootsweb.com computer, one of RootsWeb's two main list
servers, is still down.

On Saturday morning we lost a substantial part of the machine's
operating system.  That meant, in essence, that we were going to
have to rebuild the machine's software from scratch.

Since we were going to have to reinstall and reconfigure the
operating system, it seemed like this was as good of time as any to
upgrade the machine's hardware.

At this point we have the listserver's hardware upgraded to the
extent that the server should be 2-6 times faster than it was.  We
also have the software recovered to the point where we can log onto
the machine in a normal fashion and start configuring the operating
system in preparation for a return to normal operations.

We expect to begin clearing our queues (we believe we have lost very
little if any mail) sometime between Monday and Tuesday evenings,
and to be fully back to normal operations by Wednesday evening.  We
will probably try to process subscribe and unsubscribe requests
before processing posts, but things will inevitably come out as sort
of a hodge-podge until the queues are cleared.

Thanks for your patience while we recover from this disaster, and a
special thanks to RootsWeb's Members, Sponsors, Donors, and Patrons
who have collectively made it possible for us to increase the
capacity of the server while we repair the crippled operating
system.  -B


--
Dr. Brian Leverich       Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative       https://sites.rootsweb.com/
P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798      [email protected]

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