Karen Fortoul at CUNYVM pointed out that a burst of X-DEL jobs hit the US this evening. The wave seemed to follow the end of prime time at each LISTSERV site (well - built up here until 5 PM CDT when LISTSERV started processing them after Prime time). I counted 85 instances of X-FOR AHMET@TRMETU SIGNOFF * FWDED=2 ( NETWIDE in our log. The flood seemed to hit here around 16:26 CDT... Of course the flood of null acknowledgements from over 100 LISTSERVs, each sending 85 replies, will put a bit of mail in the queue toward TRMETU... Of course, I am assuming this is a burst which got released as a transient and not a loop of some kind (I guess you would call that a wave generator). But I wanted folks to be aware of what MIGHT be going on... (Maybe this is normal 5 PM behavior - but it is the first time it was brought to my attention. I also think 85 netwide deletes for one user is a bit of overkill). ----------- Marty Hoag ND Higher Education Computer Network US Mail: NDSU Computer Center Phone: (701)-237-8639 PO Box 5164 / UCCS Bitnet: NU021172@NDSUVM1 (NOTE 0 = ZERO) Fargo, ND 58105 ARPA: [log in to unmask] UUCP: ...!psuvax1!NDSUVM1.BITNET!NU021172