On Wed, 15 Feb 1995 08:13:52 CST Patrick Douglas Crispen said: >Alright, I'll bite ... > >I'd really like to know the reasons behind Penn State's and Georgia Tech's >recent decision to turn off (or at least severely curtail) their sites >mail distribution lists. I just can not understand why any site would do this. I can understand it. Recently (2 weeks ago), our VM machine came down to it's knees because of the beginning of semester Listserv traffic. The top 6 users on our system were Listserv, and 5 smtp servers. There was serious talk about stopping Listserv ENTIRELY (even the lists that served only local interests). What saved our buns was we got a 5 point license for an additional Listserv to run on one of our unix boxes that is primarily only a server machine (ftp, www, & gopher). ALL of our VM listserv traffic now is routed through this unix box. It has made a serious impact on the unix box, but that's ok - there are no *users* on that machine. For those sites considering restricting listserv, I would highly suggest doing what we did. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chris Barnes (409) 846-3273 (home) [log in to unmask] (409) 845-9520 (work) If you want to make life easier for novice computer users, do NOT give them a restricted menu. A restricted menu is simply the lazy way to avoid teaching them what they really need to know in the first place.