Hi,
We have a handful of people within my organization that keep receiving these
"Probe failure" messages. Although I'm fairly new to the listserv arena, I
would think that if you don't have the Probe feature set in the "Renewal="
setting nor "Auto-Delete=" in your list header, then this feature would be
disabled. In fact, we don't even have the renewal config set up. Any
thoughts?
Also, I don't know if it is associated with the above but, I also receive
"unknown user" bounces. (I've attached these below) We are all receiving
email fine. Everyone listed in the error are contained in the "owner="
setting in all of our listservs (which makes me worry).
Thanks in advance for any clarification,
Alana
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From: L-Soft list server at Bluestone Software, Inc. (1.8d)
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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 3:38 PM
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Subject: Probe failure for COMPETITION
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:37:41
[log in to unmask] has just received the enclosed delivery
error as a result of a probe sent to your [log in to unmask] account for
the COMPETITION list. If you are reading this message, it means that your
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Some lists are configured to remove users on the first failure.
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Microbiology will be closed from December 19 to January 2" or "Attempts
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message coming from a mailing list (it is very easy for the mail program
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error as a result of a probe sent to your [log in to unmask] account for
the COMPETITION list. If you are reading this message, it means that your
mail system is successfully delivering mail to your mailbox, while at the
same time reporting that an error has occurred (or, alternatively, the
error could be due to a system problem which has since then been fixed).
At any rate, LISTSERV has no way to know that you have actually received
the present message, and is operating on the assumption that your e-mail
address is no longer valid. Typically, LISTSERV will send you one or more
additional probe messages, on a daily basis, to determine whether the
failure persists, and if so you will be removed from the list eventually.
Some lists are configured to remove users on the first failure.
Assuming you have not been removed from the list yet, you can stop this
process by sending the following command to [log in to unmask]
as soon as possible:
CONFIRM COMPETITION
This will tell LISTSERV that your account actually does work and that you
still want to receive mail from the COMPETITION list.
While the CONFIRM command will solve your immediate problem, it is only a
matter of time until you find yourself in the same situation again.
Please take a look at the enclosed error report and try to determine
whether it is a genuine error, or just an informational message. Bear in
mind that this error report was processed by a computer that cannot tell
"User JAIME24 does not exist" from "Please note that the Department of
Microbiology will be closed from December 19 to January 2" or "Attempts
to deliver your message have been unsuccessful for 300 seconds; will keep
trying for another 431700 seconds." These informational messages, while
possibly useful to a human reader, should not be sent in answer to a
message coming from a mailing list (it is very easy for the mail program
to determine whether a message is coming from a mailing list). Genuine
errors should be reported to your computer/network support staff as soon
as possible so that they can be corrected.
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