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Usenet News outage on Tuesday (03/26, noon to 2 PM)

Posted: 2002-03-19 03:21:06   Expiration: 2002-03-19 03:21:06

Disclaimer: This news item was originally posted on 2002-03-19 03:21:06. Its content may no longer be timely or accurate.

The Usenet News system (news.doit.wisc.edu) will be down from Noon to 2 PM on Tuesday, March 26th to move the service to a new server.

The Usenet News system (news.doit.wisc.edu) will be down from Noon to 2 PM on Tuesday, March 26th to move the service to a new server.

Every reasonable effort will be made to ensure a seamless transition for customers. However, some older articles may disappear in the process. You may want to consider downloading any files that you cannot live without. Or look for old (non-local) articles from other servers, such as:

http://groups.google.com/

The new server will provide faster service, more News groups and larger archives. We hope this will meet the needs of the majority of campus Usenet users.

-- Annette Stratman