--On 7 August 2006 15:28:46 -0400 "Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > James Ralston wrote: > >> Choices: >> >> [X] Count the bounce against the threshold. >> [ ] Forward the bounce to the list owner. >> [ ] Ignore the bounce. >> >> Comments? > > I thought there already was a "Forward bounces to admin" setting. If > not, there should be (and derfault should be off). Then, this question > should be, "Try to interpret content bounces? Y/N". > > It gets messy (and often confusing) combining two selections with one > question. > > IMHO, I really don't care to try to determine content bounces. I've seen > many that give no indication of why the message bounced. The bounce > processor I wrote for 2.0.x handles these in what I consider an > appropriate way: > > 1. If a user has bounces every day messages are delivered, and this > continues for x days, they get canned. > 2. If a day goes by that messages are delivered, and no bounce occurs, > bounce info is reset. I've been unsubscribed from Yahoo lists because my server rejects illegally formatted messages. That's good enough reason for me to support distinguishing between recipient errors and content errors. > If people bounce a message every day for a couple weeks, I consider their > ISP broken enough to warrant unsubscription. In my case, it wasn't my ISP, or my server that was at fault. It was the message *senders* mail client that was constructing faulty headers. > Bob > > P.S. Tokio & Barry: please don't forget to have a look at the bounce > issue I posted a week or so regarding - that's a nasty one! > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman-Developers mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/iane%40sussex.a > c.uk > > Security Policy: > http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
