On Tue, 5 Oct 1993 14:07:24 CDT Cecil Riddle said: >Over the weekend, LISTSERV here was just about brought to its knees by >someone doing a Netwide Global delete for about 1600 userids. > >What I want to know is where or not there are any rules or guidelines >for acts such as these? Ifso, where can I get a copy of them? > If that was the total, then it was probably me I did follow what guidelines were available - I submitted small jobs ( < 250 ids / job ), marked them for off-hours ( Prime= QuietNo ), and submitted them over several days ( Wed. thru Sat ) (Even though our small sys group (VAX) was desperate and started rejecting mail ( by 1000's ) on Wed. ) / mike