Gordon sent the following message to the list on Monday. Perhaps you
didn't receive it.
I don't think that any list members received messages (except Gordon's)
between Sept. 20 and today. Apparently the list is back with us. Thanks
to all who facilitated the renewed operation.
Michael
>Hi all:
>
>Our systems people did make a change to our email system. They have set
>up something to decrease the amount of spam (unsolicited email) people get
>on this campus, a big inconvenience.
>
>One effect of this was that it messed up all the mailing lists operated
>here with offcampus subscribers (like altphoto)
>
>I was likely the only one receiving any mail from the list recently.
>
>They are going to fix the problem, but it cannot be done overnight.
>It should be fixed in a week, so please be patient.
>
>See below for more information
>
>The alt-photo-list is operated by the university more or less as a public
>service - so please don't flame the sysadmin people here.
>
>I will sent a note to the list when it is running properly again.
>
>If you feel you have something the must go out to the list immediatedly
>please send it to me, I will forward it to the list
>
>Sorry for any inconvenience
>
>Gord
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>Gordon J. Holtslander 112 Science Place
>HOLTSLANDER@SASK.USASK.CA Department of Biology
>URL: http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan
> Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
>Tel (306)966-4433 S7N 5E2
>FAX (306)966-4461 Canada
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 15:53:08 -0600 (CST)
>To: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtslander@sask.usask.ca>
>Subject: Re: alt-photo mailserv list
>
>On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Gordon J. Holtslander wrote:
>
>> I have been getting a lot of questions from list members indicating they
>> have not received mail from the alt-photo mailing list for a week or two.
>
>Sorry, I have investigated the matter further and it turns out that there IS a
>problem with the mailing lists. Due to lack of resources, it won't be
>resolved
>until next Monday.
>
>There is currently a problem with the mailing list setup on campus,
>related to the recent implementation of the spam blocking code.
>
>The spam blocking program prevents a client from off-campus (not in the
>usask.ca domain) from sending a message through our router to another
>off-campus client. However, we've just discovered that if a mailing list
>on campus contains members who are off-campus, and the off-campus members
>send email to the list, the mail only gets delivered to the members of the
>list who are on campus. The mail message will also bounce back to the
>off-campus sender if there are any listmembers with off-campus addresses.
>
>Of course, this means that if an off-campus listmember sends to the list,
>the other off-campus listmembers will NOT receive the email.
>
>If someone on campus sends to the list, everything is fine.
>
>What this means to you is that if you see a complaint from an offcampus
>email address, that they keep getting bounced messages, or aren't
>receiving email from a list... please tell them that it will be resolved
>next Monday.