From:	David Hinkley <dhinkley@***.ORG>
Subject:	Re: [ADMIN] Duplicates and the purge.
Date:	Tue, 26 May 1998 13:10:20 -0700

On 25 May 98, at 23:56, Mark A. Imbriaco wrote:

> 1) I'm aware of the duplicate message problem. I don't see anything
> obvious causing it right now, so I'm going to ignore it until I restart
> the lists.
>
> 2) Re: Resetting the lists. Here's how it's going to work.
>
> 1. I send out a message saying that the lists are getting
> reset.
> 2. Wait 30 minutes.
> 3. Completely remove the lists from the server.
> 4. Re-create the list.
>
> At this point, everything will be back online and ready to roll
> with the new list. I don't intend to put the lists on hold or
> anything of that nature, so once you've subscribed, assume that
> the list is 'live'. I suspect that the lists will be available
> approximately 1 hour after I send the message saying that I am
> beginning the reset. In practice it will only take me a couple
> of minutes to do it, but I want to give the mail a chance to
> propagate.
>
> Hopefully that will clear things up a little bit.
>
> -Mark
>
The plan looks good. I would make an addition, when you know for sure when
this is going to happen. Post the approximate date and time (and the time
zone). That way the more fanactic or is it addicted members of this list can be
on line to get the final "I have started the purge" notice. So they can set
thier
on hour timer.





David Hinkley
dhinkley@***.org