House limits constituent e-mails to prevent crash

[babylonsister]

House limits constituent e-mails to prevent crash
By Jordy Yager
Posted: 09/30/08 01:16 PM


The House is limiting e-mails from the public to prevent its websites from crashing due to the enormous amount of mail being submitted on the financial bailout bill.

As a result, some constituents may get a 'try back at a later time' response if they use the House website to e-mail their lawmakers about the bill defeated in the House on Monday in a 205-228 vote.

“We were trying to figure out a way that the House.gov website wouldn’t completely crash,” said Jeff Ventura, a spokesman for the Chief Administrative Office (CAO), which oversees the upkeep of the House website and member e-mail services.

The CAO issued a “Dear Colleague” letter Tuesday morning informing offices that it had placed a limit on the number of e-mails sent via the “Write Your Representative” function of the House website. It said the limit would be imposed during peak e-mail traffic hours.

“This measure has become temporarily necessary to ensure that Congressional websites are not completely disabled by the millions of e-mails flowing into the system,” the letter reads.

more...:D

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-limits-constituent-e-mails-to-prevent-crash-2008-09-30.html

[ThomWV]

1. This happens all the time

You couldn't get through during the FISA debate either.

[babylonsister]

2. But isn't it amazing that far too often they don't give a crap about what

their constituents say? Makes me wonder why this is so different.

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. That fact that this bill failed is a testament that some or them are listening to their constituents

[anigbrowl]

4. Of course they give a crap.

What do you want, have the system crash so that no emails get through at all? This is almost certainly a decision made by the network admins, just like when DU goes to defcon.

[babylonsister]

5. Case in point: Mukasey. Schumer and Feinstein didn't GIVE A CRAP.

Impeachment? Did Pelosi listen to any of us? I rest my case.

[bdamomma]

6. well when we unite we crash websites.

just remember that WE HAVE THE POWER.

[Silver Swan]

7. The last time I tried to email my representative

I got a reply saying my message had been directed to an unattended inbox.

They could have at least sent me a form reply to make me think my opinion mattered, rather than admitting I was talking to a brick wall!

[KamaAina]

8. Best. Dual-Meaning. Headline. Ever!

House limits constituent e-mails to prevent crash

They're talking about prventing a crash of the House web servers of course -- but the whole reason for all the emails is Congress' feeble (so far) efforts to prevent an economic crash!