Tab Julius schrieb:
>
> We usually will drop accounts right away if messages to them bounce back as
> "User Unknown", which was what happened in your case. I can send you a
> bounced message if you're interested.
>
> If we get a "Host Unknown", we assume (to start) that a server is down. If
> the "Host Unknown" continues for days, then we'll drop the account, but we
> would not normally do it just after a few hours.
>
> But if it is "User Unknown", then we have to assume that you're not
> around. We don't have any other way to verify - we obviously can't email
> you to ask (since your email is "unknown"). Things like "User Unknown",
> "No such account", and so forth, we have no way of telling if they're
> temporary or permanent. They sound permanent, so we take them off.
>
> If this happens to you, take no offense - just sign back up when your email
> is fixed.
I didn't feel offensed. Thanks, Tab. Great to be on this list.
Florian
>
> In all the years of running this list, since 1996 I think, I believe I've
> only actually removed two people from the list for behavior. If you have
> email problems that doesn't make us mad - we just don't know what's going
> on, and as far as we can tell, your email account is gone. If it's not,
> then straighten out your server and sign back up.
>
> Just so everyone knows, I usually get a couple of hundred bounced emails a
> day, and there's usually anywhere between 3 and 10 accounts at any given
> time that have problems. For every email posted to the list I get a
> bounced message from each and every one of these accounts, so magnify your
> Lingo-L traffic by 5 or 10, and that's the amount of bounced messages I see.
>
> The "Unknown User" ones I weed out right away. The ones that appear to be
> problems with the server I will let ride for a few days, but if by the end
> of the week I'm still getting notification that the server can't be found,
> then I will drop those.
>
> The only other thing is that we get a lot of "Mailbox full - quota
> exceeded" messages. I understand these can happen, because of the traffic,
> so I will let these ride for a few days as well. But if a few days go by,
> particularly a few business days (I give more time during weekends and
> holidays), eventually I have to take those people off too, otherwise I
> would have 40 or 50 or more people at any given time with reception
> problems. Multiple the traffic by 40 or 50 and you can see why we take
> pains to manage the list.
>
> However, we don't take offense and it's not like we don't like you. We're
> just trying to manage the traffic. If your problem is resolved, just get
> back on. As I said, in all the years and with all the users, we've only
> twice took people off for non-technical reasons, and they know who they
> are. Everyone else, it's just part of the list management, but don't be
> offended.
>
> Thanks
>
> - Tab
>
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