Mon, 10 Oct 1994 15:34:16 MST
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I like auto-delete and wouldn't think of turning it off. I own 8 lists,
several of them very busy, and several of them with lots of folks from
funky sites. I just wish more sites ran mailers that would return messages
that would allow LISTSERV to autodelete.
However, you should understand I'm a crusty old hardass, too. I delete folks
with full mailboxes every day. I am NOT going to sit and wait for your
full mailbox to bounce stuff for a week before I zap you. I delete
'no such account' stuff immediately. I delete 'invalid domain name' and
similar immediately. Yes, name servers and such can be down. But....
that is NOT MY PROBLEM....my problem is to deal with several hundred bounces
a day even with autodelete turned on and a quick trigger finger. I came
back from a two week vacation and found over 7000 bounces in my mailbox, to
put it in perspective.
Sure, some folks get deleted 'too quickly', but that is also NOT MY PROBLEM.
I tell folks on my lists about six times a year that the ONLY reason I
EVER delete anyone is due to mailbounces of one sort or another. Of course
I STILL get a message a day from some bozo who says "what did I do wrong
that you deleted me, not send enough messages?" And so it goes....
cheers
cyclops
Dan Lester Internet: [log in to unmask]
Network Information Coordinator WWW: http://cyclops.idbsu.edu
Boise State University Library
Boise, Idaho 83725 In the kingdom of the blind, the
208-385-1235 one-eyed man is king. Erasmus. 1523
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