Oddblogwherein Iain Lamb and Ethan Diamond prattle on incessantly about all things Oddpost(Untitled)- January 29, 2004 Yesterday we resolved the MyDoom-related problems with account login and outgoing mail, and now all our attention is focused on eliminating the delay on incoming mail delivery. Please take it easy on supportoddpost.com, who is actually a person named Debbie, and rest assured that we're working around the clock to get everything working smoothly again. It makes us feel only a very tiny bit better that MyDoom is being called "the worst e-mail worm incident in virus history."http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2004/01/28.html#a97 (Untitled)- January 28, 2004 After many long hours of toil, we've modified our systems to deal with the surge in email traffic caused by the MyDoom virus. Mail sent to you at Oddpost is currently competing with a large number of bogus messages spawned by the virus, so delivery may be delayed. We'll continue to tune our systems in the coming days to mitigate the impact of MyDoom as best we can.Aside: if you haven't heard about MyDoom, please post an encouraging thought in the comments section causing us to regrettably...http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2004/01/27.html#a96 (Untitled)- January 27, 2004 Yikes, looks like we spoke too soon. We're still dealing with an onslaught of mail from the MyDoom virus. We'll continue to post updates here.http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2004/01/27.html#a95 (Untitled)- January 27, 2004 MyDoom update: all systems are back to normal. Delivery of some mail was temporarily delayed, no mail was lost. Still more info on the virus can be found here. Update to update: please direct any questions to supportoddpost.com -- our support staff does not monitor the comments section of the weblog.http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2004/01/27.html#a94 (Untitled)- January 27, 2004 A mass-mailing virus known as MyDoom is currently spreading through the Internet. More info is available here. Oddpost accounts are not infected with the virus. However, our servers are receiving massive amounts of mail sent by machines that are infected, which is causing degradation in the performance of the service. We're working on a resolution now.http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2004/01/27.html#a93 (Untitled)- January 23, 2004 Microwave popcorn was accidentally discovered by Percy LeBaron Spencer of the Raytheon Company when he found that radar waves had melted a candy bar in his pocket and made him sterile. Velcro was invented when Swiss engineer George de Mestral returned from a walk one day, noticed cockleburs clinging to his cloth jacket and decided to examine one under his microscope and did we already say "cocklebur" Wheaties were invented when Minneapolis health clinicianOlympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner...http://radio.weblogs.com/0108381/2004/01/23.html#a92 |