I don't know if other lists are having trouble, but there are
subscribers with addresses that are reached via sprint.com in my
list GIS-L, and if their mail cannot be deleivered, sprint issues
error messages whcih are not caught by LISTSERV but which are
distributed to the subscribers, and via a gateway are posted to a
Usenet group.  The problem was bad enough a few weeks back that I
had to delete the subscribers via sprint and ask them to resubscribe
when Sprint had finished installing new hardware.  Now the problems
are just occasional but still bothersome.  I assume there is
nothing that I myself can do.  Is the appropriate action to try to
get Sprint to adopt a more standard error message format, or might
Eric Thomas add a 'trap' for this message format to LISTSERV soon?
 
A couple of recent examples are appended.
 
David Mark, "Owner", GIS-L
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From ub!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!jvnc.net!darwin.sura
   .net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!SPRINT.COM!MAIL Thu Apr  9 18:21:43 EDT 1992
Article: 960 of comp.infosystems.gis
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   nc.net!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!SPRINT.COM!MAIL
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Subject: MHS NonDelivery Report
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Date: 9 Apr 92 17:01:11 GMT
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Report from domain /PRMD=/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/:
 
FAILED delivery to:
 
  1 Recipient ORName:
 /S=FS.GIS.L/OU=R06F15D01A/PRMD=USDA.FS.X400/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/
    Translates to:
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    Reason: transfer failure
    Diagnostic: maximum time expired
 
 
From ub!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm
   !SPRINT.COM!MAIL Sat Apr 11 09:18:18 EDT 1992
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Subject: MHS NonDelivery Report
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Date: 11 Apr 92 10:29:04 GMT
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Report from domain /PRMD=USDA.FS.X400/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/:
 
FAILED delivery to:
 
  1 Recipient ORName: /OU=R06F18A/PRMD=USDA.FS.X400/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/
    Translates to: [log in to unmask]
    Reason: unable to transfer
    Diagnostic: unrecognized ORName
    Supplementary Info: DG 21018: (CEO POA) Remote Name Server unavailable.