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Subject: Re: Please prune this list!
From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey @ goldmark . org>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 12:49:15 -0700 (PDT)
To: list-managers <list-managers @ greatcircle . com>
In-reply-to: <0AFB197A-8DEC-11D6-936D-003065F94B0A@greatcircle.com>
Reply-to: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey @ goldmark . org>

On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Michael C. Berch wrote:

> The "why not" is that a recipient's mail server is badly mis-configured,
> in violation of the Internet RFCs,

As already noted that is not what is happening in this case. But I do have
a rant about the situation you describe. It might be useful for other
members of this list when they need to explain the problem.

 http://www.goldmark.org/email/badbounce.html

I have a similar document about broken autoresponders

 http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/auto-resp/

-j

-- 
Jeffrey Goldberg                            http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/
Relativism is the triumph of authority over truth, convention over justice




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