server troubles

[steve ravet]

You might have noticed the listserver sending out old posts.  The
machine that runs the 3 lists (diy_efi,gmecm,efi332) had a partial
nervous breakdown.  The problem is the volume of mail these lists stir
up (10s of thousands every day).  This machine also runs a "real" WWW
page and email for a lab at ohio state.  Needless to say we can't be
causing problems for their lab.

Till we work something out, I'd like everyone to be careful about what
they post, especially to diy_efi.  We get pretty far off topic
sometimes.  Rear ends, transmissions, engine building, etc. are
interesting but off topic.  Congratulatory, thank you, "me too", etc.
posts should always be sent privately rather than to the list.   The
standard usenet rules work well for mailing lists also:

If someone asks an off topic question, please reply privately rather to
the list.

If you want to know the answer too, ask the original poster to send you
any replies.

If you asked the question and a lot of people are interested in the
answers then it might be OK to post a summary to the list, use good
judgement.

No flames.  This isn't too much of a problem fortunately but sometimes
they show up.  Flames never ever serve a purpose but they do generate
traffic and take up space in the archive.

thanks.  please resume your regularly scheduled EFI

--steve

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Steve Ravet
steve.ravet at arm.com
Advanced Risc Machines, Inc.
www.arm.com