Miami Computing & Information Services (MCIS) announces that its IBM RS/6000 AIX system, Rose, will be unavailable Friday morning, 7 July 1995, from 5-9am for necessary system maintenance. Rose provides several central services which will be unavailable during this time, including: * NetNews As the University's Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) server (NNTP.MUOhio.Edu), Rose supplies NNTP access to USENET NetNews for the centrally managed, multi-user systems MiamiU (IBM VM/CMS) and MiaVX1 (Digital OpenVMS in Oxford), as well as for various systems and desktop NNTP clients on the Hamilton, Middletown and Oxford campuses. While Rose is unavailable, NetNews via NNTP will also be unavailable. * ph As the University's PHonebook server (PH.MUOhio.Edu), Rose enables access to the electronic directory, and performs redirection of all inbound electronic mail to [log in to unmask] addresses. While Rose is unavailable, directory service will also be unavailable and inbound e-mail will be queued for processing as soon as Rose returns to service. MCIS regrets any inconvenience this interruption in service may cause. Please address any concerns or questions to the MCIS Help Desk by electronic mail at [log in to unmask] or by telephone at 529-5330. -- MCIS News Miami Computing & Information Services (MCIS) Miami University (Ohio USA) [log in to unmask] -- Forwarded by: MCIS News Miami Computing & Information Services (MCIS) Miami University (Ohio USA) [log in to unmask]