they do back up. i was on no mail for the list, but still had over 400 msg when i got back. -----Original Message----- From: Cleveland, Kyle E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:56 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: absence... Sorry y'all---our email server has been down for three days. If any have sent a message this way with no reply--that's the reason. I have 600 msgs in my inbox, so if you've sent me something personal I'll get to it today sometime. -Kyle