On Thu, 9 Feb 1995 17:38:50 -0500 (EST) Larry Snodgrass <[log in to unmask]> said: >CREN has been attacking the INTERBIT problem from three directions. >Briefly they are: > >1) Provide Listproc so the list management function can be moved to >smaller, cheaper Unix systems. > >2) Provide a high volume mail transfer agent for Unix systems (ZMailer). > >3) Provide P/370s to be installed in RS/6000s so the P/370 can do NJE >routing and the RS/6000 deliver Internet mail. > >(...) These are CREN's ideas for removing the huge INTERBIT load from >IBM mainframes. None of these solve the entire INTERBIT problem for >sites doing the highest volume. Our goal is to provide some relief in >the short term and solve the entire problem in the long term. Larry, Could you please elaborate on the short term part? As I understood your message, #3 is not available today, and #2 is really an add-on to #1 that you need to deliver large volumes of mail. So, if I understood you correctly, CREN's plan for the short term is to make everyone switch to ListProc? Is that correct or did I miss something? Anyway I'm glad that CREN's plans for INTERBIT are finally public and that an open, public discussion is invited. I'm volunteering LSTSRV-L for this purpose as LISTSERV users are the main victims of these INTERBIT delays and most of them are CREN members. Let's see what they think about CREN's plans. Eric