[ewg] Dropped OpenFabrics list messages (!)

[Ryan, Jim]

If my approvals are part of the problem, let me know. I try to exercise
them quickly and reliably, but if there's a pattern of failure, tell me
so I'll know what to be watching out for

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org
[mailto:ewg-bounces at lists.openfabrics.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Becker
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:55 AM
To: panda at cse.ohio-state.edu
Cc: OpenFabrics EWG
Subject: Re: [ewg] Dropped OpenFabrics list messages (!)

Hi all. I apologize for the problems and will look into them.

-jeff

Dhabaleswar Panda wrote:
> I have also been a victim of this message dropping in the past on this
> list. A few weeks back, I could not post MVAPICH2 1.0 release
> announcement to either ewg or general list. Nobody else from our
> department (existing subscribers to these mailing lists) could post
> either. Finally, I contacted Jeff Becker and he kindly extended help
> in forwarding the announcements to the lists.
>
> Not sure whether this e-mail will go through or not ... I am hoping
that
> it will go through.
>
> Thanks, 
>
> DK
>
>   
>> Jeff Becker ---
>>
>> The anti-spam measures on the OF lists are frustrating.  Spam is  
>> getting through and valid messages are being dropped.  Can we please

>> change the policy of the OF lists to, at the very least, whitelist  
>> some e-mail addresses and/or domains?  I would be in favor of a only-

>> subscribers-can-post policy (which completely eliminates the spam  
>> problem), but I understand that there are some strong religious  
>> feelings from others against such a policy.
>>
>> I have sent multiple e-mails to the ewg list that have inexplicably  
>> been dropped recently (including just a few minutes ago).  I know  
>> that the same thing has happened to Tziporet, too.
>>
>> - Oct 22: I sent a teleconference announcement at 8:25am US Eastern  
>> that never  arrived.  I re-sent the message at 9:33am US Eastern and

>> it was delivered properly.
>>
>> - Oct 24: I sent an Outlook invite at 8:59am US Eastern that never  
>> arrived.
>> - Oct 24: I sent a 2nd (different) Outlook invite at 9:01am US  
>> Eastern that never arrived.
>>
>> I'm *guessing* that these messages were not delivered because of
anti- 
>> spam measures on the OpenFabrics lists.  Can you confirm / deny?  If

>> I'm wrong and the problem is on my end, please let me know.
>>
>> Per http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/ewg/2007-October/ 
>> 004753.html, I have 4 more Outlook meeting invites to send, but I  
>> don't want to send them now for fear that they'll either not arrive  
>> or will be even more confusing because the first 2 did not arrive.
>>
>> Specifically: the ewg mailing list is currently unreliable.  This is

>> very frustrating.  :-(
>>
>> -- 
>> Jeff Squyres
>> Cisco Systems
>>
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>
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