** Sometime around 11:00 -0800 02/29/2000, Ronald F. Guilmette sent us:
>Sharon Tucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >{... list transfer story snipped...}
>
> >The number of bounces was what we expected - about 8-9%...
>
>Actually, that sounds rather high to me.
>
>If the old list hosting company _was_ actually cleaning out bouncing
>addresses, why would you expect more than (say) 3-4%, tops?
I disagree -- and not [just] because it's fun to disagree with you,
Ron. Consider the fact that the list had been dormant for two months;
that's plenty of time for a considerable number of e-mail addresses
to go bad.
If this had been mailed to within the past couple of weeks, I'd agree
with your 3-4% figure. But 8-9% is pretty reasonable after a
two-month hiatus IMO. (Speaking as a list owner for whom a two-month
hiatus is pretty common.)
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