Always like this in 7.4 - 7.8 succesfully rl map OT servers, not in any else server. It runs smoothly 1-2 months, donating money flowing in quickly for a moment, then it gets "shut down" by some lame excuse. Really just because people dont donate as much as at the begin. Then after few months the server brings back up with new name (possible new fake hoster) and the same thing keeps repeating.
Seriously, why would cipsoft attack against ONE server that is old client and doesnt have as much players as the thousand other servers? If they would do something, they would go against all the OT's at once. That email is just fake, fake, fake, fake.
At the end of the day IF it's really cipsoft (wich I highly doubt) tell them to call you or something and make deal with them. Ask them to host new ready retro server and offer the donating/premium money to them or something.
This is how I think it is, who knows. Znote, you're either bullshitting everyone or gettin trolled big time. Right now, you're just losing players..