> That would be rather harsh for that user.. (S)he may be unreachable only > for a few days, although this is NOT the case, usually. I disagree with the first part, I don't care whether the second is true, and I always assume the third (the user is permanently unreachable.) As owner of one small, low volume list, I always immediately delete any user who causes mail to be bounced to me, unless the bounce is due to an "unable to connect to host" message from the Interbit. (I'm a bit more tolerant of this particular problem because it's not the user's fault, and it's often not the target site administrator's fault either.) I run a mailer that *NEVER* bounces validly addressed mail to a valid userid. I will not cater to those sites that run stupid mailers that bounce mail if the phase of the moon is wrong. (Did I mention u**x? Nah, I wouldn't use 4 letter words on the network.) If the user that I drop due to bounced mail doesn't like it, it's his/her responsibility to beat on the local administration to get a decent mailer. I'm certainly not in a position to do that, and I resent suffering from it. If the users at those sites suffer, then THEY are the ones in a position to pressure the right people to fix the mail system.