lester
- 3rd December 2003, 18:20
The list will return!
We simply have to rebuild the server and reinstate the files. We will do this as fast as we can.
Until we fix the probelms the web forum is working well and is more managable and less prone to abuse.
Isn't it strange how every time we see user "Ken" fall out with somebody, we have problems with the mail servers shortly afterwards.
Its almost as if someone watches for the outbursts and penalises us for not doing something about it. maybe we are getting paranoid, but the regularity of the problem and its proximity to the outbursts, coupoled with the number of complains that we get about the user "ken" have lead us to the conclusion that its probably better to bow to the demands of a silent force than to stand up for the rights of a user that seems hjell bent on ailienating the rest of the mailing list community
yes, the mailing list server has been attacked again, on the very day after Ken and a list member had a falling out.
I have no idea if our member "Ken", had anything to do with the latest attack, but I'm now convinced that if user "Ken" was to keep his non PICBASIC (infact all of) his opinions to himself, the server would not be subjected to the barrage of attacks that seem to hit us after each and every one of his outbursts.
We are working on a fix and rebuild of the server. It seems that we have some members of the community that have an intimate knowledge of the SUN Web Appliances, or more to the point Linux, since they managed to take out the previous servers too.
I think that we will have to ask that user "Ken" leaves the list. We have no choice, it may not be him that is perpetrating these attacks, but they are linked to his activity and his attitude is rather offensive to most, at times.
Of course we cannot stop "Ken" or any other person joining the list under a different name, if they do so we will have to try to filter any offensive or totally off topic outbursts.
User "Ken" is not affiliated to us and has no specific rights over list ettiquete.
We neither ask for or require the assistance of the user "Ken".
The web based forum is alive and working www.picbasic.co.uk/forum
Lester Wilson
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