I would like to enlist the help of the listserv administrators on the network.
Subscribers to lists at AUVM and YORKVM1  (there may be other nodes) have been
receiving duplicate  mail from some discussion  lists. If the problem  has not
yet been isolated  I would like to  coordinate our efforts in  solving this. I
would suggest that we do the following:
 
  1. Discuss  the problem  (sites affected, etc.)
  2. Possible  solutions that listserv administrators can  take.
  3. Preventing this  problem from occuring again
  4. Please, no flames or finger pointing. Let's get the problem solved
 
To start  the discussion under item  (1) a subscriber to  SKEPTIC@YORKVM1 (the
subscriber  domain  is: ccvm.sunysb.edu)  is  receiving  duplicates, one  from
PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU and the other from VM.USC.EDU   Not all subscribers receive
duplicates. And,  the duplicate  problem to  this subscriber  is intermittent.
Some subscribers in the UK are also receiving duplicates.
 
To determine if the problem was local I trapped outgoing mail distributions in
RSCS and MAILER reader and compared  the distribution list with the subscriber
list. There was one entry for each subscriber.
 
To stem the flow of complaints I placed the larger active lists on hold.
 
My  listserv counterparts  at   adjacent  nodes  are also  experiencing this
problem.  The gateway  administrators are  terribly  busy. There  has been  no
reponse to mail addressed to the gatemasters.
 
Please, lets get to the bottom of this. What else could we do?  Should we be
discussing this on another forum?
 
Veronica Timm
VM/CMS and AS/400 Technical Support
York University
Toronto, Canada.