a3@rivm39.rivm.nl (Adri Verhoef) (06/25/91)
Before Paul Vixie announced ftpmail on USENET several weeks ago, we were here already making use of it on a small base. During the last few weeks I have sent some five requests to ftpmail, among which some 'help' messages, but I have had no response whatsoever. I'm not the only one at my site who has experienced null response from ftpmail. Do other people in European maildomains have had any luck? I even sent mail to Paul Vixie two weeks ago, but got no response so far. What's the story?
merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer) (06/27/91)
In article <1991Jun25.140135.22715@rivm.nl> a3@rivm39.rivm.nl (Adri Verhoef) writes: >Before Paul Vixie announced ftpmail on USENET several weeks ago, >we were here already making use of it on a small base. > >During the last few weeks I have sent some five requests to ftpmail, >among which some 'help' messages, but I have had no response >whatsoever. I'm not the only one at my site who has experienced >null response from ftpmail. > Do other people in European maildomains have had any luck? > >I even sent mail to Paul Vixie two weeks ago, but got no response >so far. > What's the story? i think that ftpmail has picked up the slack from the BITNET clamp down. Paul posted some stats showing a marked (severe) increase from the date that the BITFTP server restricted access to only BITNET sites. the delays/lost mail(?) may be related to overload on their system. [ just speculating ] also, i believe that the ftpmail server restricts flow to X meg a day or by some similar criteria. -- [ Jim Mercer work: jim@lsuc.on.ca home: merce@iguana.uucp +1 519 570-3467 ] [ "If you've got the technology, you can party." Labatt's beer commercial ]