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The list is growing - Olde Computres

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Re: [LbNA] The list is growing - Olde Computres

From: Lightnin Bug (rpboehme@yahoo.com) | Date: 2004-07-27 00:40:42 UTC
Dang! And I thought I had the dinosaur at 6 years old this past June!

LBug

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Art Vandelay
wrote:
> And I'm still on dial-up with a 7 year old computer!!! Help!
>
> Cat
>
> "John P. Sullivan" wrote:
> The big worry I have is that after a magazine article like that,
this
> list could easily go to 18,000.
>
> Let's see . . . 49 emails per day on approximately 25-30 threads,
with
> 1800 people. The number of threads would scale linearly but the
number
> of emails exponentially as you go to 18,000.
>
> Yes, I have it . . . my computer hard-drive will not big enough to
keep
> up with daily LBNA emails in about 98 hours.
>
>
> John and Lisa Sullivan
> Glastonbury, Connecticut
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve and Heidi [mailto:stephenholyfield@s...]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 6:31 AM
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LbNA] The list is growing
>
> In case no one's been keeping tabs, this morning we're well over
1800
> members on this list. Thats up from about 1640-1650 prior to a
> certain magazine article!
>
> Please remain positive with your responses and try to help out some
> of the newer members as they get up the courage to post to our
group.
>
> For the newer members, take note of the FAQ's and other helpful
areas
> and resources. Also note that there are regional talk lists, a new
> members talk list and a travellers list (for hitch-hiker reports).
>
> Thanks and have a sparkling day!
>
> -Steve, Heidi and Madras in CT
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