I have received a number of queries both privately and on the list about
possible problems with BEE-L: "Anybody there?".  Actually LISTSERV has
been handling BEE-L exactly as designed.  BEE-L was automatically put on
hold Friday evening shortly after I left for the weekend due to excessive
traffic.  Messages collected through the weekend, were processed Monday
morning when the hold was released and the 50 message/day threshold was
quickly exceeded again, although on Monday the hold was promptly removed.
 
The following is taken from the BEE-L archives, first posted in
September, 1997, modified slightly for currency:
 
"Regarding LISTSERV postponing postings:
 
> The distribution of your message... has been postponed because the
> daily message limit for the BEE-L list (50) has been exceeded....
 
A configuration parameter in LISTSERV sets the number of daily posts
allowed on any given list.  The default for all lists is 50 posts per
day.  Even though we have been butting up against this limit as of
late, I see no reason to change this configuration parameter.  It serves
as an enforceable constraint to limit spurious posts (such as 50 lines of
requoted material followed by 'Right on' and a requote of that entire post
followed by 'Yeah Brother!'
 
LISTSERV makes no value judgment regarding the content of the post.
50 is 50, no matter what.  And once LISTSERV places a list on hold, it
stays on hold until an administrator/list owner FREEs the list.  Now,
I have never met the other BEE-L owners and I don't know their personal
habits regarding the care and feeding of BEE-L, but it appears it's
laisez-faire.  My personal computing habits are M-F, 7 AM to 3 PM and
I purposely DO NOT have access from home to assure that I have a life
outside of the office.  So if the list is placed on hold some time
between 3 PM Friday afternoon and 7 AM Monday morning I assume it will
stay on hold until Monday morning.
 
So PLEASE folks, consider what you post before you post it.  Is it bees
or is it merely conversation?  Is it list worthy or can it be better
addressed to an individual?  Think before you post!"
 
Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!