Re: A lesson about verifying transferred lists

[Vince Sabio <vince @ vjs . org>]

** Sometime around 11:00 -0800 02/29/2000, Ronald F. Guilmette sent us:
>Sharon Tucci <sharon@listhost.net> 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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