Thanks for all the tactics, Uzi and others. I usually wait a few days too, but after I get permanent failure messages for three days in a row, they are removed, quietly. Uzi At 05:15 PM 2/12/99 +0200, you wrote: > >See my MAILTPL. The point is, that I address the message >specifically to locate those _rare_ cases where the assumption you >made above, and thus the removal are in error. >It is addressed to answer the specific problem that was described by >Mike Furbee, which I replied. > >When owners remove address due to bounces which claim to be >permanent, without waiting a few days. In many cases the problem is >temporary but, due to the fact that the removal was immediate, the >message informing about the removal is bounced because it was posted >before the temporary problem is solved. > >Uzi >