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Internet Cleanup Day
Variants of this e-mail message have been circulating the Internet. This
warning is a hoax. There is no such thing as a "cleanup day" for the
Internet. If each web site shutdown their web server there would be NO
Internet to clean. The e-mail message is usually forged with an
ambiguous signature. CIAC recommends that you trash any message related
to this subject. Please, DO NOT circulate.
Subj: Internet Cleanup Day
THIS MESSAGE WILL AGAIN BE REPEATED IN MID FEBRUARY. *** Attention ***
It's that time again!
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
February 27 until 12:01 a.m. GMT on February 28 (the time least likely
to interfere with ongoing work). 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 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.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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