[NatureNS] Irregular and long delays on NatureNS

Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:48:40 -0400
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I agree;
We are hearing predictions about the eruption of a major world-wide spam 
problem starting; I don't think we should make any changes until we have 
a better sense of the magnitude of this problem and the extent to which 
it effects other servers as well as our own.
Merry Christmas!
Eleanor Lindsay

c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> With one exception, all my recent posts have appeared very promptly. 
> If they don't it could be that either; a) they have somehow gotten 
> sidetracked by the CCN it terms of spam mail processing, or b) for any 
> one of a number of reasons majordomo has bounced them to the list 
> administrator to be approved.
>
> In general, I don't think that the CCN is that much better or worse 
> than other ISP's when it comes to spam-related delays. I've noticed 
> sporadic processing delays with mail that is going through other 
> systems as well.
>
> As for archiving the naturens posts, I'm no longer involved with CCN 
> administration, but in my day, an archived list was there for the 
> asking. I've mentioned this on naturens at least a couple of occasions 
> but no one has taken up the call. ;-> If people feel this is a good 
> idea give Doug Lindsey, our list administrator, a shout and see if he 
> can pursue this with the CCN.
>
> For my part, I enjoy utilizing and supporting a local ISP (the CCN) 
> and I'm not much enamored of all the advertising that is injected into 
> posts on Yahoo lists.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
> On 7-Dec-06, at 2:42 PM, Steve Shaw wrote:
>
>> Re. Don's comment below, I recall some explanation for the haphazard 
>> delays on NatureNS from our list administrator a while back, but 
>> deleted it.   The redwing post from Dorothy Poole on Dec 1 arrived 
>> here on Dec 6 -- taking 5 days -- while some posts seem to come 
>> through quite quickly, same day.   The whole back-and-forth nature of 
>> communication is now chaotic.   Rather than asking for explanations 
>> (presumably overloaded hardware, or new spam), is there any prospect 
>> of improvement now that the system has deteriorated this far?  Canada 
>> Post would be quicker.
>> A while ago, Blake Maybank (I think it was) commented that NatureNS 
>> is not archived and therefore not searchable, and suggested to 
>> consider that the list be switched to some other carrier that does 
>> have these facilities.   Is it time to consider this seriously, for 
>> the additional reason of the current variable and sometimes extreme 
>> delays?  I'm not technically well informed on this to know how much 
>> trouble this would be, or who would get stuck with the job, but some 
>> people on the list seem to be knowledgeable about the 
>> technicalities.  Anyone want to bite into this one again? Or is the 
>> performance likely to get back to where it was a few weeks back?
>> Steve
>> Halifax
>>
>> On 6-Dec-06, at 9:54 AM, Don MacNeill wrote:
>>> Just a note for people to check the dates that messages were sent to
>>> NatureNS.  This note from Dorothy relates to a Monday siting but wasn't
>>> received until Wednesday.  I sent one at 03:30 PM re our sighting on 
>>> Tuesday
>>> which hasn't appeared yet although it was sent to NS-RBA at the same 
>>> time
>>> and appeared there immediately.  On the other hand, one from Jim Wolford
>>> later yesterday showed up right away.
>>>
>>> I recommend that any of you that are interested in timely information on
>>> bird sightings join the NS-RBA.
>>>
>>> Now we'll see when this message eventually arrives at NatureNS.
>>>
>>> Don
>>>
>>> Don MacNeill
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> Christopher Majka                       <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca 
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