Here are the latest two messages from Brian. Looks like things will be back to normal soon. If you have any problems, let me know ginseng@sssnet.com Hi all - The new list server has passed all our initial tests, and we're prepping it to go into production. We'll begin ordinary operations and cleaning out the accumulated queue in a few hours, and we expect to be back to completely normal (and hopefully much more stable operations) within the next twenty-four hours or so. Thanks for your patience during the OS upgrade! Cheers, B. [message 2] Hi all - The new list server has passed all our basic tests, and we're now stress testing it by pumping as much of the backlog through it as we can. We've processed about a sixth of the backlog in under an hour, and the box is carrying a load that clearly would have killed the old operating system. We won't know about stability for a couple of weeks yet, but things look very, very good. Lots of tired but extremely happy smiles at RootsWeb tonight. Two important things: I've turned on your listowners pages, but if you use them in the next few hours you may get sluggish responses because of the ongoing stress tests. Things should be normal tomorrow. Second, please don't send bug reports to Karen or me for awhile. THERE WILL BE SOME BUGGERED DIGESTS and such associated with the move -- that's normal! Wait two or three days and then report any problems that may still be present at that point. WEBMASTERS, I've started work on the conversion of the Web server. Tentatively, I believe the conversion will begin Thursday morning. I'll send more information when I'm further along in the process. Cheers, B. -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com