How does Murphy know when to strike. Argh, I went almost 15 years without losing a single mail message. Less than two months of using a "modern" mailer and they're all gone. I want my VAX/VMS back. Everyone who sent me mail about needing a reporting channel for the Y2K rollover on New Year's, could you please send me another message. I had not copied the names down before my mailbox disappeared. Thanks. Yes, I was thinking about a backup. I sent this message early this morning, before I lost all my mail. Sean Donelan [05:19 AM 11/22/99 -0800] wrote:

Perhaps a strange request but I'm looking for two mail accounts I can access via a dialup (Shell or PPP) and Internet (POP3 or IMAP).

Here are the requirements:

One server on the Eastern US power grid One server on the Western US power grid Each served via a minimum of two backbone providers (I prefer the east and west server be on seperate backbones) Each acting as a secondary MX and DNS server for the other Mail server will accept mail addressed with a designated domain name Mail will be sent using a designated domain name Dialup access will be via a dial access server using at most a LAN connection to the mail server (no WAN links) The facility housing the mail server will have a UPS and standby generator Inbound mail: a minumum of 50mb mail storage Outbound mail: 1,000 5kb messages every four hours (LISTSERV and LSMTP or similar)

I estimate I need the mailboxes from approximately December 1 through January 15.