On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Pete Weiss wrote:

> At 00:26 3/21/97 +0000, Adam Lasnik wrote:
> >> The following 106 subscribers are currently being monitored:
> >>
> >> Err First Last  Address
> >> --- ----- ----- -------
> >>   7 03/12 03/20 [username]@BATCH1.CSD.UWM.EDU
> >>                 Last error: smtp; 550 <[username]@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu>... User
> >>                             unknown
> >>
> >>   7 03/12 03/20 "\"[username]@NOTES_ATL.PCPIPELINE.COM\""@PCPIPELINE.COM
> >>                 Last error: Mailer pipe.PCPIPELINE.COM said: "550
> >>                             <"[username]@notes_atl.pcpipeline.com"@PCPIPELINE.COM
> >>                             >... User unknown"
>
> >Why are these addresses still on this list that have gotten 7
> >delivery errors, when I've set the max at 6?
>
> For the usual reason that that precise e-mail address is NOT
> subscribed to your list, BUT is (attempted to) receiving such
> such postings from a userid that IS subscribed (and which
> might be autoforwarding, or reporting the bounce via either
> an alias of the userid or hostname).

Is that the reason, or is it because after the sixth error message, the
listserv attempted to notify the subscriber that he was being deleted
due to excessive bounces, and of course that message also bounced?

                               Les