An operating system failure on the Mercury Email server earlier today, May 14th, has caused system-wide file corruption necessitating a full retore of the system. The restore is estimated to take 8 hours and therefore will complete at approximatly 10:30 pm. Until the restore is completed anyone who normally accesses their email home directory from Mercury using ZMail for Windows or another product such as Pine or Siren, will not have access to email. Also during this time these users will not be able to read their mail using ZMail Lite or Pine from home. Email delivery is fully functional for those not using Mercury for their email home directory. Please pass this information on to anyone you feel might be affected.