Since I AM user "[log in to unmask]" I am CERTAIN that I am receiving the messages! (I am the administrator at hghed.com) On Fri, 22 Jul 1994, Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843 wrote: > >When I reviewed the list of subscribers to EMED-L, I noticed that a few had > >addresses like > > [log in to unmask] > >(Domain hghed has a UUCP mail-only feed from netcom.com.) When these were > >all changed to the equivalent > > [log in to unmask] > >all the ATTMAIL error messages stopped. I think someone's UUCP mail > >program is not coping well with the address of mail not bound for its system. > > By your NOT receiving a bounce message, having changed the semantics > of the address, does NOT imply that the user is actually RECEIVING > the message (unless you have other info). > > E.g., if you were to change from pmw1%psuvm.bitnet@pucc to > pmw1@pucc, these would not be equivalent addresses. What > ever bounce you received (or more importantly in your case, > do NOT receive) is not indicative of a successful transmission > to the INTENDED END-USER'S mailbox. > > -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L > [log in to unmask] "Are you downsizing or dumbsizing?" +1 814 863 1843 > 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA