[ale] Oops

[Jim Kinney]

<jim checks calendar for any vacation time pending. Nope>

On June 21, 2021 10:55:49 PM EDT, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>On 6/21/21 10:46 PM, Robert Tweedy via Ale wrote:
>> Well, that was fun </s>; the ALE list is (finally) back up, and the
>> settings on the list have been modified such that anyone who sends
>> more than 5 messages in 2 minutes (120 seconds) will have the
>> moderation flag set on their subscription so that something like this
>> has less of a chance of happening again. If anyone's able to make a
>> well-argued reason why this quota/timeframe should be adjusted, I'm
>> happy to hear it; I just selected some random values & don't know how
>> appropriate they actually are at the moment.
>
>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. 
>
>Doubt our listsrv was the only one abused. Lots of people aren't too
>happy with the HK govt right now.
>
>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.
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