Date   : Thu, 04 May 1989 09:44:43 EST
From   : "John S. Fisher" <FISHER%RPIECS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Listserv foul-up

On Saturday 29 April 1989 at about 9:16 pm EDT, LISTSERV@RPIECS started
rejecting all mail from the mailer at RPICICGE.  In actual fact, RPIECS and
RPICICGE are physically the same BITNET node--the RPICICGE name is being
phased out in favor of RPIECS--so the situation is somewhat embarassing.

At any rate, the net effect was that all mail to LISTSERV@RPICICGE was
rejected while all mail to LISTSERV@RPIECS was processed per normal (even
though the two are one in the same server).  The problem went unnoticed until
Wednesday morning.  LISTSERV and the mailer were forced to kiss-and-make-up,
and a huge backlog of rejected mail was transferred back to LISTSERV for
processing.

...and now for the plea:  If you are still sending requests to LISTSERV at the
RPICICGE address, please cease and desist.  Use the RPIECS node name instead.
That way, your requests won't be delayed if the problem recurs, and also you
won't be left in the dark when the RPICICGE node name is discontinued
completely.

/JSFisher