On Thu, 18 Aug 1994, James Ford wrote:
> 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.
>
 
I've gotten these things from UK before, and dreaded a flood of error
messages I couldn't stop.  Nothing ever comes of them though so I just
ignore them.  Twentythree days is rather ridiculous, though, and 14
ain't much better.
 
        Douglas Winship    Austin, Texas    [log in to unmask]
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