On Thu, 1 Aug 1996 22:15:10 GMT Aldo-Pier Solari <[log in to unmask]> said: >In my view, AOL (and other .com providers, but mainly AOL) should >have some kind of routine to send automatic SIGNOFF commands to >lists to which the above user categories match in. No, they should simply return bounces in a format allowing automatic deletion. >As a matter of fact, I am somehow disgusted (yes, disgusted) with >the relative frequency of such technical TROUBLE most AOL users >create in the conference I manage. Well, with some 5.x million users what do you expect? >Finally, a question: Why does this never happen with COMPUSERVE ?. >Perhaps they have some routine which avoid the technical mess ?. The reason it doesn't happen with CS is that they have yet to respect the most basic part of bounce delivery: sending the bounce to the right address. So, in a nutshell, *you* aren't getting the bounces. This doesn't mean they aren't sent, or that problems aren't present. AOL at least sends bounces to the right address. Eric