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Hello,

I am writing to you to explain some of the problems with killietalk that we have had in the last week.

Over the last months we have had problems with certain large ISPs apparently blocking messages from killietalk. After trying in vain to solve them, Ken Simolo, my co-administrator of killietalk, and I decided to move the list to the AKA server. Until recently, the list had been on a server at actwin.com. This apparently solved the problems of ISPs blocking the list, but we ran into a new problem. Namely, there is an undocumented limitation of the AKA server in that there is a limit on email traffic that is allowed. This amounts to 200 messages per hour and, with 585 subscribers, we obviously exceed that.

In the meantime, I would like to get a feel for the number of people who are not getting messages from killietalk. You may be getting intermittent messages, but you will need to look at the archives, by going to www.aka.org, clicking on Killietalk, then on the link to the archives. Peruse the archives to see whether you are getting all of the messages. Please consider only those sent in the last couple of days (e.g. since 5/31). If you see messages that you have NOT received, please email me privately to let me know.

I want to assure you that Ken and I are working hard to find the best solution to this problem. In the meantime, you may wish to use the forums on the AKA site as a substitute.

Regards,

Barry Cooper
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Barry J. Cooper, Prof. Emeritus, Dept. Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University
Home address: 27505 Riggs Hill Rd., Sweet Home, OR 97386