you know, it's easier to drop me a note than to get AT&T/Yahoo engineers involved. Just saying. But having said that, sorry for not noticing the threads sooner.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 5:27 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > That's what I expected & what it seems to me Eric was experiencing. > > But since we're kind of out on the edge of what I know about mail lists > I figured I'd ask the group because I figure there are people with more > computer experience than I have. > > > On 12/30/2014 4:17 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> John -- and Eric -- I just tested: an email to the list from an >> unsubscribed address just disappears silently into the bit-bucket. I >> expect this is an expedient anti-spam measure. >> >> If messages were being blocked by the server, they would (should) be >> bounced back to Eric after a time. The server has to actually accept >> mail in order to "eat" it. >> >> Has Eric tried re-subscribing to the list? >> >> And it would worth his while to create a Gmail address and use that to >> run some tests. He can always delete it later if he wishes. >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:57 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> I got another note from Eric Weir that he still can't post to PDML. >>> >>> He says he's had help from AT&T technical support & they tell him >>> everything is good on their equipment. They asked him ... he asked me >>> ... and I'll ask here "Is there anyone who can check to see if messages >>> from him are being blocked at the server?" >>> >>> That caused me to think of another question ... >>> >>> Suppose I am subscribed at one email address & try to send a message to >>> the list from a separate email address that is not subscribed ... e.g. >>> subscribed from me(at)my.mail.provider & try to send from >>> me(at)another.mail.provider ... >>> >>> Would the list server generate a bounce message back to the >>> non-subscribed email address or would it just drop it into the bit >>> bucket & ignore it? >>> >>> Anyway ... >>> >>> Eric says that in the meantime AT&T's tech support is "exploring the >>> need to escalate ... with Yahoo technical support/engineers." >>> >>> I wish him and/or them luck with that. When I needed help from Yahoo, I >>> couldn't find any way to contact tech support. The best I could find was >>> FAQs & discussion groups AND NO WAY TO ASK A QUESTION IN THE DISCUSSION >>> GROUPS! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >>> Religion - Answers we must never question. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
