On Thu, 18 Aug 1994 10:58:20 EDT you said:
>So far I have heard only two clear suggestions:
>1. Ask my systems administrator to serve off (if that's the term) the
>specific site (in this case alaska.edu) that caused the problem.
>2. Use "filter" to ward off the effects of words like "postmaster"
 
I use the following as a filter for all my lists.  This pretty much keeps
rejections from the list.
 
*  Filter= Also,*postm*@*,*maiser*@*,emailman@*
 
>Soooooooo... what's the best precaution? I've gotten messages from other list
>owners indicating that they too have fallen prey to this hazard.
>a good, clear, simple solution would be of benefit to a good many
>lists.
 
Nothing is foolproof but using a filter will help cut down some traffic.  If
necessary you can always add *@alaska.edu to your filter.  :-)
 
 
On a different note, I just received the following error message.  I wish
they would cut their time down to 3 days or (horrors) 1 week.  :-(  One
wonders how many times this will show up......
 
------------------------------ Message in error -------------------------------
Subject: Waiting Mail
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 94 3:33:31 GMT-60:00
Sender: [log in to unmask]
 
After 8 days (205 hours) your message for the site telmar.demon.co.uk
has not been delivered.  This is either because the site, which is
on a dialup to the Internet, has not been connected to the Demon
service in that time or because the site's mail system is not working.
 
Attempts to deliver the message will continue for a further 23 days.
No further action is required by you.