Sat, 20 Aug 1994 17:41:10 +0200
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Some mail systems generate errors in a format LISTSERV understands, some
don't. If LISTSERV doesn't understand, it does nothing, because it
doesn't know whether the error is permanent and who is the victim. If it
understands and auto-delete is enabled, it removes the user upon a
permanent error. If a user is regularly reported as nonexistent during
the weekends, when he in fact does exist, he should get his technical
people to fix this problem. If the post office returned all the mail you
received on Mondays with a note saying you do not in fact live at that
address, I'm sure you would take prompt action, and wouldn't blame the
newspapers you are subscribed to for not resending every other day "just
in case". But, for some reason, most people think it is ok for computers
to occasionally claim that your address doesn't exist. As long as this
attitude prevails, computers will continue to do that; why spend time
fixing a problem if it is not perceived as a problem?
Eric
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