[78-L] TEST from the 78-L list manager, reply from Doug Caldwell

[78-L Mail List]

oddy - everything seems to have been going smoothly here on Comcast for the
last few days. Just watching and waiting --- hoping not to have to go over
to Facebook.

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of 78-L Mail List
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 4:04 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] TEST from the 78-L list manager, reply from Lennick

I'm receiving here with no problems but I've given up trying to reestablish
my Yahoo address.

As always, thanks for keeping this flame burning!

dl

On 5/7/2014 3:29 PM, 78-L Mail List in the guise of Ron Fial wrote:
> Looks like my fix for the 78-L bounce problem has caused another more
serious problem so many people are not receiving the list emails.  I am
trying to fix this as fast as I can.
>
> We did have a denial of service attack in the last 24 hours, a server
tried to send email to the list and attempted over and over for about.
250,000 times!  I am now am cutting off any sender's server that tries to
send email that rapidly, that means a hacker root-kit program trying to
guess a name and password of a member.
>
> I apologize for the problems, and will get this fixed or move the 78-L
list to another server with another IP address (we have a bunch to choose
from).   The 78-L list has existed since 1992 and originated at Cornell
University.  The 78-L server is a public service contribution of Fial
Incorporated  (www.fial.com).
>
> Regards to all
>     Ron Fial  78-L list manager
>        my direct email:   ron at fial.com
>
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