telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (02/14/91)
On Wednesday evening a message went out to Usenet saying that the
gateway between TELECOM Digest and comp.dcom.telcom was being closed
due to various problems with the administration of same. Immediatly
thereafter I began getting deluged messages asking to add people to
the mailing list who had been reading via comp.dcom.telecom.
FOR THE TIME BEING, THE GATEWAY AND COMP.DCOM.TELECOM
WILL REMAIN OPERATIONAL, STATUS QUO AS IT HAS BEEN.
If you have been reading the Digest via comp.dcom.telecom you may
continue to do so ... requests for additions to the mailing list
received on Wednesday night/Thursday morning are being ignored.
Although the problems which made me believe that the gateway should be
closed are still unresolved, the huge number of people asking to join
the mailing list as a result made me change my mind. We'll see how
events progress over the next week or two and adequate notice will be
given if the gateway is to cease operation or if comp.dcom.telecom is
to be split away with a moderator from Usenet appointed to maintain
it.
In any event, TELECOM Digest is not affected in any way. To repeat:
THE DIGEST WILL CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED ON USENET IN COMP.DCOM.TELECOM.
Next topic:
There were numerous problems on Wednesday, including a change in the
gateway location from here. Instead of going through accuvax.nwu.edu,
(which was out of order for a few days anyway, forcing rerouting
through bu.edu, we are now using casbah.acns.nwu.edu. Hopefully the
change will be apparent with a better connected machine and faster
delivery of the Digest.
However -- two recent issues of the Digest, #113 and #114 were somehow
lost in transit in the process and did not get mailed from here until
early Thursday morning. You should have also received a special report
on the Internet, meaning three mailings since Tuesday night.
The backlog here is even worse as a result, with about 110 messages
waiting in the queue. Estimated time to publication: four days from
when I receive your mail. Please do NOT send any further mail here
until next week.
Patrick Townson