Tom, thanks for informing us of what the problem was, and for all you do to
provide this list for us.  mcneely

On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 6:59 AM, Carrington, Tom (ReliTech) <
TCarrington@relitech.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> For the last 4 weeks, there has been a torrent of traffic from overseas
> SPAMmers trying (and sometimes succeeding) to use the Vanagon list server
> to deliver their messages.
>
> Even when the messages were refused, the load caused Gerry (the Vanagon
> list server) problems. I have added host-based firewall software to the
> server and blocked entire ranges of IP addresses from accessing Gerry.
>
> This will hopefully resolve the issue, with one downside: If you plan on
> travelling to mainland China, do not expect to be able to access Gerry.  ;)
>
> Regards,
> TomC
>
> Tom Carrington
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/CarringtonTom/
> TCarrington@ReliTech.com
>