On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 03:39:32 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 03:16:17 +0000, Bastiaan Edelman wrote:

>> Hi List

>> ********* Questions:

>> Was there any problem to anyone on the List from december 28th untill
>> january 7th ?

> Yup.  Co-incidentally, Majordomo (the list manager/server) was under
> continuous attack beginning about midnite Dec 28. Yesterday I notified
> the powers that be regarding this situation, and the blockage of the list
> (also co-incidentally) ceased, even tho the attack continues even now.
> No mail sent to the list in that interval got thru.

>> Would it be possible to manipulate my (or yours) e-mail addresses at
>> majordomo or arachne.cz ?

> I can do it, why do you ask ?
Because it happened to my mail address. Could be co-incidentally that i
had to change the address in order to get back on the list.

>> Does anyone know what is this 'majordomo'? An institution, a computer
>> program, a command?

> A program.

>> Somewhere out there must be a computer collecting and redirecting the mail
>> sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] how and where?

> Errr, that depends on what you mean. The mail normally goes to the
> listserver (majordomo) on the Arachne computer in CZland. During the
> blackout it was not re-directed as far as I can tell - it just got lost.

Yip, you answered all my questions, thanks.
But you did not take away my suspicions...
CU Bastiaan

>> ********* A very fine 2002 to all of you.

> And to you, Bastiaan.

> - Clarence Verge
> - Back to using Arachne V1.62 ....

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