Re: Moderator note

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Original poster: Chip Atkinson <chip@xxxxxxxxxx>

I should also point out that the near real time updates have dropped back
to every 5 minutes.  There is so much traffic that minutely updates took
more than 1 min to run so things were overlapping and bringing down the
machine.  I changed the time span and it seems to be working better now.

Chip

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hi All,
>
> Just a lazy note about things...
>
> I have changed the mail handling program and computer here.  "Nothing
> should go wrong" but if you note anything odd let me know.
>
> The pupman.com server has been dropping off line lately for no good
> reason.  If your mail bounces, it will probably get through in a
> little while when the server resets, so you probably don't have to
> resend it.  Chip will "kick it" back into line when he gets a chance.
>
> The Tesla list only sends out plain ASCII text E-mail and never sends
> file attachments.  If you ever see something other than that, it may
> be a virus or some evil thing faking the list's address...  Just
> delete it.  Some local mail services may add their own stuff, but you
> would already know about that.
>
> There are 1500 folks on the list and mail volume is pretty high, so
> try to keep your posts to the point and pertinent.  Please clip out
> old parts of an e-mail in your replies so they just don't keep
> growing and growing in size.  That really helps server
> loading!!!  1500 folks x 50 messages is 75,000 E-mails a day, so it
> really helps if they are not 20k each in size...  Don't clip out so
> much that we have no idea what your are talking about or responding too...
>
> Recently, everyone has been real nice!!  No flames or personal
> shots!!  :-))  That sure makes my life easier when I don't have to go
> beating on folks!!!  It also allows threads like the 7.1 Hz thing to
> go on (even though officially off topic) so we can see if there is
> anything new and interesting to all that...  I have to admit it has
> been rather interesting now that it is not just a flame baiting war...
>
> Foul language, in any form, is always rejected or edited...  Just
> don't go there...
>
> As always, the subject IS "Tesla coils" and "nothing else"...
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	Terry
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