<html><head></head><body><jim checks calendar for any vacation time pending. Nope><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On June 21, 2021 10:55:49 PM EDT, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On 6/21/21 10:46 PM, Robert Tweedy via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Well, that was fun </s>; the ALE list is (finally) back up, and the<br>settings on the list have been modified such that anyone who sends<br>more than 5 messages in 2 minutes (120 seconds) will have the<br>moderation flag set on their subscription so that something like this<br>has less of a chance of happening again. If anyone's able to make a<br>well-argued reason why this quota/timeframe should be adjusted, I'm<br>happy to hear it; I just selected some random values & don't know how<br>appropriate they actually are at the moment.<br></blockquote><br>Suspect someone was trying to DDOS the HK tax office or at least force some workers there to scan through all the messages. If they are anything like the St. -o- GA, someone is working on a spreadsheet to catalog all the messages received. <br><br>Doubt our listsrv was the only one abused. Lots of people aren't too happy with the HK govt right now.<br><br>The only reason 5 minutes might be too short is if Jim takes a copy of emails on vacation, replies while disconnected, but none are sent until he gets home.<hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>