AIX Mail Performance

Until the migration of Mail from AIX to HP-UX is complete, we will see a
bottleneck in performance on the AIX system "oboe" as the amount of mail
traffic increases.

During this time period mail volume will continue to be a problem on
"oboe".  If you do not receive a response to a message, DO NOT send
another, the first is just delayed.  Sending additional copies will only
make the problem worse.  We are currently seeing delays of between 12
and 24 hours in mail delivery depending on the backlog of messages.
These delays could get worse before the migration is completed.

Users are asked to keep their mail limited to that which is required for
class communications, peer-to-peer communications (one to one), and in
keeping with the Mail policies.  DO NOT reply to all users when
responding to a message unless your response needs to go to all users.
Never respond with frivolous answers and don't mail messages to "test"
the system.

Users observing misuse of the mail resources are strongly encouraged to
forward these messages as a complaint to the AIX address "complaints".
Misuse would include, but not be limited to, use of Cal Poly computing
resources for personal gain, chain letters (any message asking you to
pass it on), and the use of system aliases for non-class, non-club or
non-departmental business (jokes, as an example, would be a misuse of a
system alias).  Users found to be in violation of these computing
policies will have their accounts frozen without any further warning.

For a more complete statement of mail policies, run the "policy" command
from the UNIX prompt.  Then select "AIX System Policies" and then "Mail
Policies".