[ale] The importance of regular backups - AKA: The ALE list's getting a blast from the past

[Jim Kinney]

Thanks, Robert. 

My backup system failed mechanically a while back. I'll see if I can at least set up something to make critical file recover possible.

On January 18, 2019 10:00:10 PM EST, Robert Tweedy via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>The ALE mailing list's "config.pck" file corrupted over the weekend and
>wasn't noticed until this evening. This file contains basically
>everything about the list (subscribers, settings, etc.), and
>unfortunately the latest backup copy on hand was from June 24, 2017
>which means any changes since then have been lost. I believe I've set
>the list's settings back to how they were, but it's possible that there
>are a few other changes that need to be made before the list is fully
>functional again so please excuse any weirdness over the next few days.
>
>Unfortunately, I have no way of recovering any of the subscription
>changes made to the list since this backup was created. If you know of
>anyone who had joined after that date (and want them to come back),
>please let them know that they will need to re-subscribe to the list as
>they're not going to have received this message (unless they happen to
>browse through the list archives or see the post I'm about to make on
>the ale.org page). If you had previously unsubscribed from this list
>after that date, then I apologize for any inconvenience receiving this
>email has caused you (and you'll need to unsubscribe again, which you
>can do so from here: https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale).
>
>-Robert
>
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