Guest guest Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 This item just in from regarding recent email delays. Best, Pat --- Gordon <groups-feedback wrote: > yg-alerts > " Gordon " <groups-feedback > Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:53:11 -0000 > [yg-alerts] Email Delays > > 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 > Groups. 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...
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