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Posted by T on January 26, 2008, 7:03 pm
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dannyb@panix.com says...
> Cable Co. Empties 14,000 E-Mail Accounts
> JIM SALTER AP Business Writer 2:28 PM EST, January 24, 2008 ST. LOUIS
>
> Charter Communications officials believe a software error during routine
> maintenance caused the company to delete the contents of 14,000 customer
e-mail
> accounts.
>
> There is no way to retrieve the messages, photos and other attachments
that
> were erased from inboxes and archive folders across the country on Monday,
said
> Anita Lamont, a spokeswoman for the suburban St. Louis-based company.
> ...
> [E]very three months the company deletes inactive accounts, Lamont said.
>
> rest:
> http://www.newsday.com/technology/wire/sns-ap-charter-mistake,0,4378708.story
> and
> http://www.charter.com
> _____________________________________________________
> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> dannyb@panix.com
> [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
>
>
Cox has done this at least twice in the past few years. I'll go to check
my email and get an "Account doesn't exist" message. Call Cox and they
repair the mailbox and all is well again.
Now lets talk about the outsourcing of the nntp services to Limelight
Networks. That is a complete joke, they keep resetting group counts so
I'll see articles from a year or two back.
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