A listowner friend.. got the following from the postmaster of a subscriber's server after she asked them to look into why her subscriber kept getting deleted from the list due to: > >> - The last reported error was: Mailer mail12.SKYWIZARD.COM > >> said: "551 <[log in to unmask]>... we do not relay" errors. The listowner got the following back.. and suggestions on what to tell this provider? ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 23:43:40 +1000 To: [log in to unmask] Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:51:13 -0400 From: csmith <[log in to unmask]> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: This message does not properly reflect the problems you are having with the mail list. All email sent from anyhwere will reach you unless it gets stuck in another email server queue along the way and then gets improperly transfered. Since you are the end recepiant there is NO relaying involved on our part to you. Most likley what is happening is that the list is illeagly trying to use somone elses server to transmit large volumes of email ( AND COMSUME LARGE AMMOUNTS OF SYSTEM TIME) to transmit there lists. This is a trick taht many list generators use so as not to have to purchase and maintain email service equipment. We also keep an eye on such activity and put a stop to it whenever we find it on our machines as well, however in your case it appears that it is being found out before it gets to you no the other abused systems. Consider that if the list generator would do something like this just what kind of information are you getting ( viruses maybe). The best way to avoid this type of problem is to have list generated mail sent to something like an off system Yahoo account, This keeps potential trouble off of your machine. ------- End of forwarded message -------