** Sometime around 14:37 -0400 04/12/1999, Pete Weiss said:

>I'm unaware of any big-time ISPs that don't have email problems from
>time-to-time.  I include my institutional mail system in that statement.
>
>Hackers, spamers, spoofers don't help.
>
>These mail and embedded systems do not run themselves and take constant
>attention.
>
>routers
>domain name system
>circuits
>mailing list manager
>mailers
>smtp client
>smtp servers
>authentication systems
>anti-spam filters
>upgraded software
>
>all get in the way of reliable delivery from time-to-time.

You forgot one, Pete:

users

Even if the hardware works, the wetware often doesn't. ;-)

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