Here's a thought to kick around:
I read in the Wall Street Journal today that the bigger concern (bigger than
the millenium date bug) for January 1, 2000 is the potential for computer
viruses that are triggered by the turn of the millenium. Seems that there
are those who would like to create havoc to start off the new millenium.
Software companies that specialize in hunting down and fixing viruses have
already found hundreds of them set to go off at midnight, and they expect
there are possibly hundreds that they have not found. Many of these viruses
are created to mimic the Y2K date bug so as to make them harder to solve
(and give them longer to do their damage). Several large companies are
shutting down their email systems for the weekend.
So my thought is this:
It seems that it might be prudent for the list administrator to shut the
list down sometime on the 31st. Then on the weekend he could check for
viruses before allowing the server to send us email. So what do you guys
think?
Bill