Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 14:00:04 -0400
From: "David T. Gillis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List problems
I've had no problems receiving messages from the list. I do however recall a
problem about a year ago where a lot of list members (including myself) had
to re-subscribe for some strange reason.
Regards,
David T. Gillis
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Chien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 1:34 PM
> To: Libretto
> Subject: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List problems
>
>
> Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 10:29:56 -0700 (PDT)
> From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List problems
>
> > We had an interruption in the list traffic at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
> > These messages about the problem were sent without the
> benefit of the mailing
> > list
> > to a small number of list members. I am re-sending them to
> the whole list for
> > comment.
> >
> > I did not notice any problems with that. Any different opinions?
> > I have already created a Libretto list there about one year ago
> > during an earlier blackout of the BasicLink list.
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libretto/
>
> There are no 100% guarenteed delivery mechanisms for the
> Internet. Also, the
> servers and connection in between the host and the receiving
> PC may also fail -
> eg. cut optical fiber, relaying servers down, etc.
>
> Thus, brief interruptions will occur regardless of the host
> used, whether it
> be Basiclink or Yahoo. Repeated/frequent outtages are another matter.
>
> The move to another host should be carefully considered.
> As one example,
> Yahoo! Groups currently does not allow mass export of the
> list archives, and
> although they do have a search engine for prior posts, they
> do not guarentee
> the length of the archives nor the archives themselves.
> While there are ways
> of archiving the lists elsewhere through email gateways, this
> is an example
> where migration would need to be setup with such an
> additional element in mind.
>
> It would be interesting to hear how many of the list
> members have experienced
> interruptions in service, as well as what kind of
> interruptions they were. If
> Daniel is listening, it would be interesting to know how many
> members are on
> this list as well.
>
> If a significant number of members are experiencing
> transmission problems on
> a recurring or frequent basis, then it would make sense to
> take additional
> steps towards the migration of this list.
>
> Everyone is free to start up their own "Libretto List"
> independently of this
> one and to create their own mailing list(s)/group(s) at any
> time for any
> reason, just as many Japanese have done so in Japan with
> their own Japanese
> Libretto Mailing Lists. (Of course, what would be really
> useful is if there
> was a translating email gateway between their list and ours!
> They've got lots
> of juicy information burried in their Japaneses posts and FAQs.)
>
> Let us all know either way!
>
> David =)
>
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