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   Tracy Barber to All   
   Re: Sometimes Web Hosts ____ ... Well, S   
   22 Jan 04 00:27:31   
   
   XPost: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss, rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace   
   From: Mohawky@adirondack-pc.com   
      
   On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:53:27 -0000, "David F."    
   wrote:   
      
   >> Hi there -   
   >>   
   >> If anyone is trying to get ahold of me, try e-mailing me at this   
   >> address:   
   >>   
   >> TracyBarber-at-nycap.rr.com   
   >>   
   >> Of course, change the -at- to @.   
   >>   
   >> My web host went kapooey about 5 PM last night and they won't be up   
   >> until later tonight / maybe tomorrow morning.   
   >>   
   >> Wonder-____-ful.  :^p   
   >>   
   >> Not only my business e-mail is there, my auctions info, scans of lots,   
   >> etc...  Apparently their upstream provider went poof on them and they   
   >> had no contingency plan.  Unfortunately, when you have bids on items   
   >> in eBay, you can't change the graphics of the description.   
   >>   
   >> ... Poop ...   
   >>   
   >> That started my day and it hasn't gotten any better since.  I can't   
   >> wait to hear about all the bounced mail and problems with potential   
   >> business / bidders.  :^(   
   >>   
   >> I need some good news.  (Don't tell me about GEICO!!!!!)  So, if   
   >> someone is bored and wants to help out a stranded internet superhiway   
   >> type stamp collector, send me some good tidings, OK?   
   >>   
   >> I guess I'll have to do off-line things tonight.  Boo hiss.   
   >>   
   >> ... Miffed in smAlbany ...   
   >>   
   >> Tracy Barber   
   >   
   >Hi Tracy,   
   >   
   >I set up an extra Hotmail account for the times when   
   >my other email accounts are 'down' (not very often!).   
   >   
   >The service is far better now than it used to be, and I   
   >get NO junkmail or infected messages at all!   
   >   
   >I will catch up with things soon - lots of overtime this   
   >week, so not much spare time for 'stamping' yet!   
      
   Going on 3 days of disturbance.  Has upset the apple cart severely.  I   
   have 2 new e-mail accounts and will set up another, just for newsgroup   
   spam.  :^)   
      
   This sux.   
      
   Tracy Barber   
      
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