On Thu, 16 Nov 1995 10:55:38 -0500 ROGER MYERS said:
>bounces but if they all say the same thing then I feel like I am
>wasting lots of time trying to see if perhaps one of the bounces
>mentions another error for this list member or another member.
 
  IMHO you are wasting time.  When I see a series of bounces from the
same site I act on the first one and delete the rest unread.  If they ARE
different, for a different user or any other reason, you can be sure more
will arrive tomorrow.
 
>Could someone please explain to the list the proper way for list
>owners to sift through error reports so as to waste as little time
>as posible and how to deal with each type of error that he finds?
 
   I don't think there IS "one right way" to deal with them.  And as
far as interpreting error messages, that comes with experience.
 
>Do all of you carefully read through every error report that arrives?
 
   Nope.
 
>If not, then how do you decide before reading an error report wheather
>it is one to discard or a new error you need to read?
 
   If it is from the same site, I assume it is the same user, as noted
above.
 
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