[FX.php List] Explanation for occasional test posts

[Dale Bengston]

There was a several-day period earlier this summer where no emails  
from this list arrived in my inbox. I know the service was out  
because I was not receiving my own questions posted during that time,  
and then got a flood of messages, including mine, when the bottleneck  
was cleared.

So, I can't answer the question about how the list could be "down,"  
since I don't manage the list. But I can verify that it was not  
sending messages for a while.

Dale


On Aug 31, 2006, at 2:14 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> Hmm how can the list be down?
>
> Why not write a script that checks if the service is running?
>
> ggt667
>
> On 8/30/06, Jonathan Schwartz <jonathan at eschwartz.com> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Yesterday, a fellow member of this list asked me to refrain from my
>> occasional "Test - Do not Reply" posts.
>>
>> I apologize if these posts are annoying...and I realized that an
>> explanation was in order. I post them to determine if the list is
>> down, in which case I track Chris H down and alert him.  Recently,
>> the list was down for 4 or so days before I posted a test.
>>
>> If folks want me to stop, I will do so.  No hard feelings.  Just ping
>> me offlist.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jonathan
>> --
>>
>> Jonathan Schwartz
>> FileMaker 8 Certified  Developer
>> Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance
>> Schwartz & Company
>> jonathan at eschwartz.com
>> http://www.eschwartz.com
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>>
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