>For the last few weeks, both lists that I manage have been experiencing
>a ton of bounces, bad addresses, timing-outs, etc.  Also it's been taking
>far longer than usual for posts to reach subscribers than normal.
 
I don't know about an unusual number of errors, but the lists I'm on and
maintaining are definitely running slow for about the last ten days.  I'm
replying, in part, to see how fast this message gets distributed.