RARA-AVIS: The list is going to disappear for a while

William Denton (buff@vex.net)
Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:20:46 -0400 (EDT) Hi,

More bad news, but this time it's right out of my hands.

I'm on the board of iComm, an Internet Community Project
(www.icomm.ca). Since I'm a sys admin there too, and run Majordomo, I
set up my own list - RARA-AVIS. iComm gets connectivity from Vex
(www.vex.net), and Vex gets connectivity from E>Connect
(www.econnect.ca). E>Connect has been in serious financial troubles
lately, and I just got warning that it's in receivership and will be
shutting down at 6 p.m. EDT today. iComm, and Vex, will still be
working fine, except we won't be able to get out and nobody will be
able to get in.

I'm told by Vex that they and other ISPs who use E>Connect are doing
all they can to find an alternate provider, and I don't think they'll
be down too long - perhaps a couple of days. It's annoying for all of
us, but I expect it will be a fairly minor blip.

I'll send out a message as soon as the list is back.

Bill

P.S. If you happen to know anybody at lglobal.com, trends.ca or
passport.ca, don't expect to hear from them for a while either.

-- 
William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/ | Caveat lector.
  "It is better to incur a mild rebuke than to perform an onerous task."
                                   -- "Uncle" Oswald Hendryks Cornelius

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