Guest guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 From the Overlords ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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),> 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 ________________________________ On Behalf Of Christine Ziegler Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:36 AM ; houstonorganic email delays Importance: High From the Overlords ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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),> 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. <snipped for brevity> Having just spent an hour or so running my virus program and finding two of these little " my wife " buggers in my mailbox filter, I can tell you what a pain it is. Fortunately, it never got into my system, but it caused me to lose email for two days while it sat in the filter. I'd suggest everyone run their virus protector and completely scan to insure you don't have this. Be Well, Marcia Elston http://www.wingedseed.com " Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. " Hausa Saying from Nigeria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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