Re: NL Scoreboard as of 08:10 p.m. / Jul 30

Mark D. Stock wrote: > > Jonathan Leffler wrote: > > > > On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, KENDRICKS CHERYL wrote: > > > Am I crazy or what! Why are we suddenly getting all these post that have > > > NOTHING to DO with Informix? > > > > Or what! > > > > No, you are not crazy. The Informix list news-to-mail gateway seems to > > have been suffering from a glitch and downloading random non-Informix > > postings. It has also been suffering from some fairly major (multi-day) > > delays in forwarding postings. The list managers are trying to recover > > from this. In the mean time, please be patient, quietly delete the > > messages, and don't bug the people who sent them as they are completely > > innocent in the matter -- it is *NOT* their fault. > > Although whilst quietly deleting these messages, I do find that swearing > loudly, laughing hysterically or BOTH helps to alleviate the > frustration. At the same time, this will raise your work colleagues > interest in these messages. :-) I just wish that these random crossposts were football related, not baseball. (Sigh) Don't get all we wish for, I guess. John Carlson Informix DBA WH Smith, Inc. #include std_disclaimer.h