At 4/16/2002 08:49 PM, Jim L'Hommedieu \(Lama\) wrote: >Before everyone goes nuts, I want to point out that it's been a very long >stretch of time without any problems with the list. Let's be thankful for >what we've had and remember that running JMDL is a labor of love, not a job. >The whole community is a gift.
And.... I'd like to make it clear that it is a *Les Irvin* problem rather than a Smoe problem. Jeff at Smoe was kind enough to take steps to stop the bleeding which was caused solely by me. I feel the need to explain (for those who are still willing to listen to me :-).... The "today" posts are set up to issue automatically on a daily basis. The first person to hit the JMDL website after 2AM each morning automatically triggers the emails. A note is then made in the database indicating the email has been sent for the day so that all subsequent hits to the page do not trigger the same email. Late on the 15th, I made an untested update to the page that had a programming error in it. Because of this, the code began recognizing the "send the email out" command, but ignored the "it's already been sent" portion. So... every single time someone visited the website on the 16th.... an email got sent to the list. Again, my sincere apologies for the 418 unwanted email messages. Please let me know if this caused any problems with your mail service and I'll do what I can to make it right. Les, who may never need to post again. :-)
