From as to why we're not receiving mail....

[Guest guest]

I'm not going for it. They will use any excuse they can find.

Ditzi

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From as to why we're not receiving mail....

 

Hi Folks,Should have posted this earlier, but I wanted to let everyone know

That we are aware of the delays in email delivery that are affecting Many groups

right now. The problem is not related to any of the Database and hardware work

we were doing earlier in the year. Rather, the primary cause is the " My Wife

virus ( http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_138027.htm ), which has caused a Huge

spike in the number of emails sent to . This spike Has gone beyond

the capacity of our current systems to handle, which Is causing the delays in

email delivery. We have already taken two steps to address the issue, which has

Begun to reduce the number of delays: - We are dropping ( I.e. Not delivering)

all outgoing email that Includes the virus (in other words, we are not sending

infected Messages to groups).- We have added additional server capacity And we

are planning to increase that capacity even more. However, Until the virus has

fully played itself out or more ISPs

have taken Steps to reduce the amount of email they are sending to us (by

Dropping messages that contain the virus rather than forcing us to Do it), there

may continue to be some delays. Our apologies for any inconvenience.-

Gordon Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

" To be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to

make me everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being

can fight, and never stop fighting. " -e.e. cummings-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ditzi, You are correct. I do not buy it either. When a person posts by

writing directly into the webpage (posting online) it goes

directly into 's server. It gets approved and gets sent out as an

email to that group's members ( which was the case with a lot of the missing

messages). A lot of those members also have mail

accounts. So, a message that originates in a server and then

gets sent to another server (all within itself) could not

be a candidate for a message that had a virus. It just doesn't happen

anywhere near like that. The message started in a server and ended in

another server, probably in the same building) In fact it would be damn

near impossible to happen by way of their explanation. Sounds like a good song

and dance though.

 

 

, DitziSis

<mk2967 wrote:

>

> I'm not going for it. They will use any excuse they can find.

> Ditzi

> -

> From as to why we're not receiving mail....

>

> Hi Folks,Should have posted this earlier, but I wanted to let

everyone know That we are aware of the delays in email delivery that

are affecting Many groups right now. The problem is not related to any

of the Database and hardware work we were doing earlier in the year.

Rather, the primary cause is the " My Wife virus (

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_138027.htm ), which has caused a Huge

spike in the number of emails sent to . This spike Has

gone beyond the capacity of our current systems to handle, which Is

causing the delays in email delivery. We have already taken two steps

to address the issue, which has Begun to reduce the number of delays:

- We are dropping ( I.e. Not delivering) all outgoing email that

Includes the virus (in other words, we are not sending infected

Messages to groups).- We have added additional server capacity And we

are planning to increase that capacity even more. However, Until the

virus has fully played itself out or more ISPs

> have taken Steps to reduce the amount of email they are sending to

us (by Dropping messages that contain the virus rather than forcing us

to Do it), there may continue to be some delays. Our apologies for any

inconvenience.- Gordon Team

>