Month: September 1998

Tue Sep 22 17:29:36 PDT 1998 — South Bay & San Rafael POPs have undergone firmware upgrades to allow v.90 connectivity. -Brian

Mon Sep 21 15:49:14 PDT 1998 — v.90 customers: Please use 522-1003, the use of 522-1389 is depreciated and may result is busy signals. -Brian

Sun Sep 20 20:52:56 PDT 1998 — RBL back up. The Realtime Blackhole List (RBL) was down for about 9 hours, so you may notice more spam in your mailbox than usual. The problem: the RBL server failed; that service has been reimplemented on a new server. For more information about the RBL and MAPS, please visit: maps.vix.com/ -Scott

Sun Sep 20 14:50:54 PDT 1998 — RBL currently down. The Realtime Blackhole List (RBL) has been down for three hours — and already, we’ve seen a tremendous increase in the amount of spam delivered to our network. Currently, we are investigating the use of MAPS to provide fallback capability in the event that the RBL fails. We may be able to get MAPS online for this situation. For more information about the RBL and MAPS, please visit: maps.vix.com/ -Scott

Fri Sep 11 12:03:48 PDT 1998 — Because of the projected traffic load expected from Starr Report downloads, we have mirrored both the Starr Report, as well as a a preliminary rebuttal from the White House, locally: starr.sonic.net These documents were retrieved from CNN.com a few minutes ago. PLEASE NOTICE: Reports indicate that these documents contain adult material — ‘parental guidance is suggested.’ -Scott