> Finally, a question: Why does  this  never happen with COMPUSERVE ?.
 
It does.  Any time I see a new subscription on Words-L from somebody at
compuserve.com, I sigh, knowing that within a few hours the mail will
start bouncing because of a full mailbox.  Recently, one of my lists
got a new subscription from something that appeared from the name to
be a local list-distribution mechanism at Compuserve.  That was fine
until the mail to that address started bouncing a little while later.
 
Are these really four separate categories, btw?  Aren't 1 and 3 the
same thing and 2 and 4 the same?
 
>     1. disk quota exceeded;
>     2. unknown user;
>     3. users who do not check in;
>     4. users who do not pay their fees.
 
   --Natalie ([log in to unmask])