- Original Message -
From: Terry Cox
To: Conspiracy Theory Research List
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 9:37 PM
Subject: CTRL LIST: HELP NEEDED !!!
I am exasperated.
I have twice been kicked off this
list.
I reprint below the info I got sending a
query.
My ISP is S T I L L in upper case
letters.
How can that be? I replied in lower case
mode
I do not know how to reach a human being to fix
this.
PLEASEPLEASE
can anyone actually solve this for
me?
I am upset that this is
happening.
Terry
- Original QUERY CTRL
Subscription options for [EMAIL PROTECTED], list CTRL:
MAIL You are sent individual postings as they are received
SUBJECTHDR Full (normal) mail headers with list name in message
subject
REPRO You receive a copy of your own postings
NOACK No acknowledgement of successfully processed postings
Subscription date: 4 Nov 1999
Thu, 4 Nov 1999 00:08:52You have been automatically removed from the CTRL list (Conspiracy TheoryResearch List) as a result of repeated delivery error reports from yourmail system. This decision was based on the automatic error monitoringpolicy in effect for the list, and has not been reviewed or otherwiseconfirmed by a human being. If you receive this message, it means thatsomething is wrong: while you are obviously able to receive mail, yourmail system has been regularly reporting that your account did not exist,or that you were otherwise permanently unable to receive mail. Here issome information which may assist you or your local help desk indetermining the cause of the problem:- The failing address is [EMAIL PROTECTED].- The first error was reported on 3 Nov 1999.- Since then, a total of 6 delivery errors have been received.- The last reported error was: Mailer mail.WEBCOMBO.NET said: "550[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Relaying denied"PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS MESSAGE. While you can of course re-subscribeto the list, it is important for you to report this problem to your mailadministrator so that it can be solved. This problem is not specific tothe CTRL list, and also affects your private mail. This means that YOUHAVE PROBABLY LOST SOME PRIVATE MAIL AS WELL. Anyone trying to write toyou during the same time frame will probably have received the sameerrors for the same reason. The CTRL list is but one of the many peoplewho may have tried to write to you while your mail system wasmalfunctioning.DO NOT LET TECHNICAL PEOPLE CONVINCE YOU THAT THIS IS NORMAL. It is nevernormal for a mail system to claim that a valid, working account does notexist, just as it would not be normal for the post office to return someof your mail with "addressee unknown" when the address was writtencorrectly. It is true that some mail systems are less reliable thanothers, and your technical people may be doing the best they can with thetools they have. But, ultimately, the level of service that you arereceiving is the result of a business decision, and not something due toa universal technical limitation that one can only accept. Reliable mailsystems do exist, and it is ultimately up to you to decide whether thislevel of service is acceptable or not.
