27 Feb 07 Email Changes

We have been experiencing problems with our mail server lately, due in large part to heavy demand. A lot of this demand is spam, sadly. When we try to reduce spam by modifying our spam filtering, we bog down the mail server even further. We have not lost any mail, but we have experienced some significant delays. To rectify these problems, we are looking at a number of options. One option is to outsource some of our mail services. Another is to reduce the load on the current server by moving some services (discussion lists, for example) to other servers. We are developing a plan for these possible migrations and will have more information shortly.