>You're being grossly unfair to Norm, who certainly doesn't need to >be
>extorted by threats of deliberate meltdowns to spring into action!
Yes I was unfair and I am very sorry for my loose toungue! I never intended
to "extort" Norm into changes things and was only expressing my frustrations
at that time!
>Notwithstanding Una's helpful explanation of loops being caused by >various
>little differences between the configurations of different mail servers,
Unfortunately, I LOST Una's post due to the loop problem (as well as most of
the Good mail). Had I had a chance to read it before my patience was lost I
would have spared everybody my wasted bandwidth!
I
>can't help noting that both times when loops have been a major >problem on
>Paleonet, the problem was caused by a full mailbox at the >Geological Survey
>of Canada. This suggests that the fault lies there.
I noted that as well.
>In any case, if the loop problem can be solved by running Paleonet >via
>LISTSERV, as Una suggests, I hope that the people at NHM will >consider this
>and not hesitate to ask the Paleonet subscribers to help defray >licence
>costs if need be.
If this is the best way to proceed, I am all for iy as well. I have no
problem with giving something back to a list which provides me with so much!
I hope the rest of this list will accept my apologies and consider this
matter closed. I will make sure I shut down my computer the next time I feel
the urge to vent ;-)
Regards,
Tom Lipka