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Index of Subjects Belated 'Hi' to all, [sent Wednesday 12 Dec, 00:11] Pat beat me to the draw in making the same point about "not back to normal". I've had no NatureNS posts for something like a day, then a bunch came in starting 7:22 PM this evening, then a second bunch. Of the 18 consecutive ones I looked at: DELAY NUMBER WITH THAT DELAY 2 to 2.4 days 11 1-1.4 days 4 0.5 day 1 1-2 hours: 2 (both Susan Borkowski -- what's your secret Susan?) The last one in the bunch that I counted was from Lois C. asking for info regarding a birding trip for the following day. This took 2 days to come through, so arrived 1 day too late to be useful. On this 'stirring' topic, some serious people have suggested that we should not change, or that service may be just as bad elsewhere, or that at least we should wait to see if things soon settle down. A slight majority of respondents seem to be in this camp. Perhaps the way to go is to wait to see if things are still as bad in a couple of weeks, then revisit the issue again (come to think, that would be on Boxing Day, maybe not the best timing). Maybe re-think early in the New Year? Regarding Dave's comment about potential elitism in a brave new network, I took Blake's comment instead to refer to possible mechanisms for effectively excluding spammers so they couldn't automatically join or log in, not to a desire to exclude supposed undesirables. Actually I used to enjoy the knowledgeable but occasionally incendiary posts from a birder who used to be able contribute to NatureNS, but was kicked off a year or two back for going over the top... Steve Quoting Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca>: > Hi all:> > I don't think Chebucto is back to normal yet. Peter's note was posted > at 1:45 PM on the afternoon of December 10. It just came through at > 7:35 PM on December 12th. I recently sent a message to let people > know of Richard Stern's talk at the Blomidon Naturalists meeting > (Birding in Panama, for those who may have missed it when he gave it > at the N.S. Bird Society meeting some time ago). It still hasn't > come through, and since the meeting was last night, it can now be > ignored. > > Pat > > PS: I am posting this message at 7:40 PM on December 12th for those > who might be curious to see how long it takes. > > > On Dec 10, 2006, at 1:45 PM, Peter Payzant wrote: > >> Blake Maybank comments >> >>> Peter Payzant's recent post suggests the problem will not solve >>> itself quickly. >> >> I can't tell the future - I was just thinking about the ongoing >> battle against spam. Chebucto seems to be back to normal at the >> moment, due in part to an extraordinary effort of the part of >> several volunteers. >> >> It's difficult to say how Yahoo's performance would compare to >> Chebucto's. Chebucto seems to have been inundated with an especially >> large amount of spam, which has now died away. This could happen >> again, and it could as easily happen to Yahoo. >> >> Peter Payzant >> > > ======================================================================== == > Patrick Kelly > Director of Computer Facilities > ======================================================================== == > Faculty of Architecture and Planning > Dalhousie University > ======================================================================== == > PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road > Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 > Canada Canada > ======================================================================== == > Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca > ======================================================================== == > > -- Stephen R. Shaw Ph.D. Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience Dalhousie University 1355 Oxford Street Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1 e-mail: srshaw@dal.ca phone: 1-902-494-2886 fax: 1-902-494-6585
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