If you sent an email to us prior to Oct. 21, 2006, please read this!

The company that had been hosting emails for the G.C. Murphy Book Project recently decided that the account was inactive, and deleted the contents.

I have filed a complaint with the customer service department, but they are citing their “terms of service” which allow them to delete accounts at any time, and which indemnify them from any responsibility. They claim that the emails are lost forever. We will probably not be able to recover them.

(Please note: The company that was hosting the email account is one of the large, “free” email services. It was not the same as Skymagik Internet Services, which hosts the gcmurphy.org and murphymemories.com website.)

Luckily, I have most (if not all) of the stories backed up in a safe location.

What I’ve lost, unfortunately, are email addresses, especially of people who wanted to order a copy of the book when it’s available. (Please note: If you sent us a message by regular U.S. Mail, we still have it, safe and sound!)

Obviously, I am not going to use the old service again. If you sent us an email prior to Oct. 21, 2006, please consider re-sending me a note at this address:

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. This is not the fault of the G.C. Murphy Company Foundation or anyone else. I did not expect a large, supposedly reputable company to delete or lose someone’s email, and did not make backup copies of every message. I have learned a valuable lesson.

—Jason Togyer