Klarinet Archive - Posting 001430.txt from 2004/03

From: "Erik Tkal" <bbtkal@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] A bit of a tear ...
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:50:09 -0500

*Sniff*

Erik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Charette
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:31 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] A bit of a tear ...
>=20
> Many of you have been around since the day that the "sneezy" computer
> started handling the mail services for this list. It's been a nice =
little
> reliable computer, handling its chores day in and day out for (I =
think) 4
> or so years. Originally it handled dns, web sites & databases along =
with
> its email duties, but those days waned as more and more traffic built =
up
> and over the last few of months it has been relegated to mail only.
>=20
> Even then, it couldn't keep up with the demands I wanted to press on =
it -=20
> spam filtering, virus checking, and other email-related duties. It was =

> just getting too old for the modern, mean-spirited days of bulk email =
and=20
> malicious hacking.
>=20
> This weekend the mail duties were handed off to a new computer and=20
> "sneezy" was left to finish sending out the emails it had pending in =
its=20
> queue. It finally finished off a few minutes ago, and I stopped its=20
> processes and turned it off for a well-needed rest.
>=20
> I'm not sure at this point what I'm going to end up doing with it, but =
for
> now it's resting in its place of honor.
>=20
> Mark C.
>=20

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