On Tue, 5 Nov 1996 13:33:53 -0500 Steve Howie <[log in to unmask]> said: >In light of your concerns about the load this would impose, we're going >to turf this idea. I had no idea it generated so much processing .. Let's say it only took 1 sec, everything counted (receiving the mail message, processing it, sending any reply, etc). 8000 users, 8000 secs, 2h13. Students tend to leave the university near the same time, so on a "black day" you might have 10 universities doing this, 80000 users, 22h13. Eric