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As many of you know, each year the Internet must be shut
down for 24 hours 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 12:01 a.m.
GMT on April 1st until 12:01 a.m, GMT on April 2nd.
During that 24-hour period, five powerful Internet search
engines 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 hardrives 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.
Interconnected Network Maintenance staff,
Main branch,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology