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- From: stewart@ecse.rpi.edu (Paul Stewart)
- Subject: Re: Turning off NeXT at night....
- Message-ID: <stewart.713727223@ecse.rpi.edu>
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- References: <1992Aug13.124959.5874@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:33:43 GMT
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- bill@epnxt.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
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- >I would like to turn off my NeXT at night. Would I still get my mail
- >messages the next morning? How about after a weekend?
-
- Mail relays usually try to reach a host for 3 days before bouncing it.
- However, unless there are good reasons for you to turn off your machine,
- I wouldn't suggest it, as there are many arguments that profess that
- continuous operation is a bit more healthy for (UNIX) machines than frequent
- power-up/power-downs.
-
- > Bill
- --
- Paul
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