16 april 1995 Ottawa
 
What I do whenver i get a message indicating mail cannot be delivered to
one of my list subscribers for any reason is issue a quiet delete of the
user or all users at the affected site if the error indicates a site
wide problem e.g. host unknown or connect failed.
 
This minimizes the errors i get and allows me to retain some sanity.
 
i really wish I could set the listserv to auto delete anyone who had any
problem including 4 hour delays in receiving mail.
 
Sometimes the list serv will autodelete someone on the first occurrance
of an error but this seems rare.
 
As far as advising the listowner of a user with a full mailbox, I also
wonder at this but vax does it too and I guess the idea is to tell the
ender the mail cannot be delivered and perhaps to cease sending new
mail.
 
I interpret mailbox full, file system full, disk quota exceeded and
device not available as a cue to delete the subscriber immediately.
 
If they are a local telephone call to me, i will call them to ask them
to remedy the situation but at lest one system in town has a gateway tht
breaks a lot and a slow admin so i just delete when the gateway breaks.