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Date: | Fri, 30 Sep 1994 20:20:09 -0500 |
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> The reasons are (1) most of the time, you're deleting a user because you
> get a bounce, which may or may not be reported under the exact same
> address that you used in the list and (2) the only drawback is that, in
When I delete (or set nomail) because of bounces, I always grep the list
of subscribers first and use the address as it shows up there.
> the rare cases where you do want the two entries, you have to issue an
> extra ADD command after the DELETE, whereas otherwise you would have to
> feed the exact address whenever you do a DELETE. Thousands of people get
> deleted every day, maybe 2-3 get dual-added. The decision is easy to
> make. What you're trying to do is not normal, recommended behaviour. It
The big problem is not being able to have one on mail and one on nomail.
But I guess that isn't normal or recommended. :-)
> >Oh for the good old days before our bitnet-internet equivalency was
> >registered...
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> Well, in these days you used to complain about the inefficiency of BITNET
> and I used to remind you that most BITNET users do not have a UREP based
> setup. Now you want to use your BITNET address because the Internet
> address is slow. Make up your mind :-)
Your rebuttal is much too civil. Where's the Eric of the good old days?
--Natalie ([log in to unmask])
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