From: mea culpa (jerichoDIMENSIONAL.COM)
Date: Mon Dec 13 1999 - 07:17:28 CST

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Reply From: GS Blyth <gblythsynapse.net>

 Some strain!

  "500,000 messages and 4,000 terabytes of data-all within 36 hours".
Hey...I might have counted the same finger twice in my quick guestimate, but
4,000 terabytes of data would be roughly 8 gigabytes per each one of those
500,000 messages. At 1.5 megabits/sec, each one of these 500,000 messages
would have taken over 13 hours of dedicated connect time. Must be some
corporate network! 4,000 terabytes is quite a pile - of bytes that is.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sr VP, IM & CIO - Bob Napier
>>
>> About three weeks ago, a Compaq employee intentionally initiated an e-mail
>> storm that generated more than 500,000 messages and 4,000 terabytes of
>> data-all within 36 hours. This e-mail hoax put a severe strain on our
>> corporate e-mail network, delaying the delivery of internal and external
>> e-mail by up to six hours and threatening our ability to continue normal
>> business operations. Our IM and Security teams worked hundreds of hours
>> in an intensive effort to deflect this threat.

Cheerios

Gerry Blyth
Constance Bay, Ontario
K0A 3M0
Canada

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