DId anyone note the headers on this? Looks like it originated with Majordomo within Compaq.
I wonder if the system got hacked?! Internet Administrator wrote: > *** Attention *** > > It's that time again! > > As many of you know, each year the Internet must be briefly shut down in > order to allow us to clean it. The cleaning process, which eliminates dead > email and inactive ftp, www and gopher sites, allows for a better-working > and faster Internet. > > This year, the cleaning process will take place from Monday, 1 April, from > 01:00 AM to 10:30 PM. During that period, five powerful Internet-crawling > robots situated around the world will search the Internet and delete any > data that they find. > > In order to protect your valuable data from deletion we ask that you do > the following: > > 1. Disconnect all terminals and local area networks from their Internet > connections. > > 2. Shut down all Internet servers, or disconnect them from the Internet. > > 3. Disconnect all disks and hard-drives from any connections to the > Internet. > > 4. Refrain from connecting any computer to the Internet in any way. > > We understand the inconvenience that this may cause some Internet users, > and we apologize. However, we are certain that any inconveniences will be > more than made up for by the increased speed and efficiency of the Internet, > once it has been cleared of electronic flotsam and jetsam. > > We thank you for your cooperation. > > Sincerely, > > Louis Nogard Tercel > Senior Internet Administrator > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers > http://www.icann.org > > > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
