On Wed, 16 May 2001 at 13:36:40, you wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 11:20:13PM +0100, Tony Firshman wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 May 2001 at 23:44:41, you wrote:
>> (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >Tony Firshman wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is no-one else getting emails from Marcus Detwiller obviously destined
>> >> for ql-user, but arriving in my inbox.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know his email so we can stop this....
>> >
>> >Hello Tony
>> >
>> >the Maus net was my old account
>> >my new edress (the reality dysfunction) is
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Ta.
>>
>> As nvg.ntnu.no is clearly badly setup, it is essential that one
>> unsubscribes before an email account dies (8-)#
>
>I doubt it is nvg.ntnu.no - clueless sysadmin somewhere in MausNet
>uses MS software. ql-users is very clearly marked as mailing list
>by its headers and any software sending error messages to lists
>is utterly broken.
>
>Just another attempt by MS to refute all internet standards, I have
>seen it in the past on several other mailing lists where a 'vacation'
>program of some unsuspecting user initiated an avalanche of crap
>messages. Note that it requires real determination to achieve this
>because all existing list software includes precautions against
>such events.
(8-)#
There was a lovely 'vacation' problem here too, where Kit Lester sent an
auot-response. Fortunately this mailing list only treated one a day as
valid mail. He also mispelt the name of the guy dealing with his mail.
I managed to hack the right name, and he said he had no idea how to
disable it (8-)#
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