On Fri, 17 Apr 1992 20:17 CST6CDT, Phil Endacott <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >The addressee has been on the LDBASE-L list for some time (at least >since January!!) and has never suffered "bounced" mail until today. >I do not recognize the error messages as "normal" and wonder if I >should delete BOTH subscribers at TSO.UC.EDU? > I entered 'TELNET TSO.UC.EDU 25', and 'VRFY DRECE' and got: 250 </mail/dr/drece.CIX> In response to 'VRFY LDBASE-L', I got: 250 </tech/internet/ldbase-l.CIX> Both values seem "normal". > >------------------------- Message in error (44 lines) ---------------- >Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 19:01:15 EDT >From: [log in to unmask] (Mail Delivery Subsystem) >Subject: Returned mail: Can't create output > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >error: @VM1.NoDak.EDU:[log in to unmask] > denied write access to /tech/internet/ldbase-l ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >554 /tech/internet/ldbase-l.CIX... unknown mailer error 2 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >550 /freenet/data/admin/files/dead.letter... Can't create output ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ----- Unsent message follows ----- >Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 17:45:51 CDT >From: Bob Woodward <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: EMAIL statistics >To: "Daryl [log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>, > "TriState Online" <[log in to unmask]> > I would **not** delete Daryl, since it seems that his E-mail is OK. I recommend that you send E-mail to [log in to unmask], and ask for help; perhaps, the "file permissions" have been modified such that E-mail cannot be appended to the specified file. Note that the '550' message is probably an indication of a "secondary" problem; since the host 'TSO.UC.EDU' runs U**X, it's common for U**X to try to write to the file 'dead.letter' when all else fails. Why that writing failed is a **second** problem!