I thought other people should see this too. ======================================================================== 86 Received: from UKCC.uky.edu by ukcc.uky.edu (Mailer R2.08) with BSMTP id 5689; Mon, 21 Oct 91 13:22:00 EDT Date: Mon, 21 Oct 91 12:59:53 EDT From: "Collins, Herman" <[log in to unmask]> Organization: University of Kentucky Computing Center Subject: Re: JOIN To: postmaster <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] cc: "Sathaye, Shashi" <[log in to unmask]>, "Crovo, Bob" <[log in to unmask]>, "Zerof, Selwyn" <[log in to unmask]> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 19 Oct 1991 12:44:46 PDT As many of you are painfully aware, we recently had a problem with the FAMLYSCI mailing list. Someone at FORDMULC sent a request to join to the list instead of to the LISTSERV. This is a common, and usually harmless mistake. The request was sent to everyone on the list, as usual. The trouble began when the mailer at CCMAIL.ORST.EDU sent an error message back to the list indicating that several addresses were unknown. This error message was not in one of the usual formats, and did not contain the text of the letter, so LISTSERV did not detect it as "looping mail". Instead, LISTSERV sent the error letter out to everyone on the list, as usual, including the same group at CCMAIL.ORST.EDU. When I finally caught it this morning, our mailer had over 6400 files in its queue waiting to go out; most of these were to FAMLYSCI. I don't know how many thousands of files did go out, but I apologize for the load on the various nets, and the gobs of mail in many of your mailboxes. I'm open to suggestions on how to keep this from happening again. Until I hear from the postmaster at CCMAIL.ORST.EDU, I've removed the following users from the FAMLYSCI list: [log in to unmask] Alan Acock [log in to unmask] Vicki Martin [log in to unmask] Graham Spanier [log in to unmask] Sam Vuchinich [log in to unmask] Alexis Walker [log in to unmask] Becky Warner [log in to unmask] Jingjian Xiao Herman Collins 128 McVey Hall Bitnet: SYSHERM@UKCC University of Kentucky Internet: [log in to unmask] Lexington, Ky. 40506-0045 Phone: 606-257-2256 -------------------- Original Message -------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1991 12:44:46 PDT Sender: Family Science Network <[log in to unmask]> From: postmaster <[log in to unmask]> Subject: JOIN X-To: [log in to unmask] To: diana gould <[log in to unmask]>, Jody Patrick <[log in to unmask]>, Sally Kenney <[log in to unmask]> Returned Mail: User [log in to unmask] Unknown Vicki Martin <[log in to unmask]>, Graham Spanier <[log in to unmask]>, Sam Vuchinich <[log in to unmask]>, Alexis Walker <[log in to unmask]>, Becky Warner <[log in to unmask]> Returned Mail: User [log in to unmask] Unknown Vicki Martin <[log in to unmask]>, Graham Spanier <[log in to unmask]>, Sam Vuchinich <[log in to unmask]>, Alexis Walker <[log in to unmask]>, Becky Warner <[log in to unmask]> Returned Mail: User [log in to unmask] Unknown Returned Mail: User [log in to unmask] Unknown Vicki Martin <[log in to unmask]>, Graham Spanier <[log in to unmask]>, Sam Vuchinich <[log in to unmask]>, Alexis Walker <[log in to unmask]>, Becky Warner <[log in to unmask]> JOIN GEORGE@FORDMULC