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Message no. 1
From: Jean-Francois Audet axter@*****.com
Subject: Mail flood
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:38:21 -0700 (PDT)
What happened to the server?
I suddenly receive over 150 old messages dating back
from 3 weeks!
==Jeff
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Message no. 2
From: Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject: Mail flood
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:46:06 EDT
In a message dated 8/13/99 11:39:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, axter@*****.com
writes:

> What happened to the server?
> I suddenly receive over 150 old messages dating back
> from 3 weeks!
> ==> Jeff


Yeah, this is insane. My mailbox is practically crashing and I've had to
turn off my mail-saving Filing Cabinet to keep down the clutter. It's even
getting to be a chore just to delete the old mails. Isn't there any way of
eliminating this server regurgitation problem?




-Twist
Message no. 3
From: Schizi@***.com Schizi@***.com
Subject: Mail flood
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 18:45:39 EDT
In a message dated 8/13/99 11:47:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Twist0059@***.com writes:

>
> Yeah, this is insane. My mailbox is practically crashing and I've had to
> turn off my mail-saving Filing Cabinet to keep down the clutter. It's
even
> getting to be a chore just to delete the old mails. Isn't there any way
of
> eliminating this server regurgitation problem?
>
>
I blame it on Friday the 13th :-)
which, may mena nothing in other lands anyway <shrug>
Message no. 4
From: Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject: Mail flood
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 18:51:10 EDT
In a message dated 8/14/99 6:46:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Schizi@***.com
writes:

> >
> > Yeah, this is insane. My mailbox is practically crashing and I've had
to
>
> > turn off my mail-saving Filing Cabinet to keep down the clutter. It's
> even
> > getting to be a chore just to delete the old mails. Isn't there any
way
> of
> > eliminating this server regurgitation problem?
> >
> >
> I blame it on Friday the 13th :-)
> which, may mena nothing in other lands anyway <shrug>


One man's Friday the 13th is another man's Thursday the 12th and yet
another's Saturday the 14th. <shrug>



-Twist

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