thats not going to help much... every time the non-deliverable mail msg gets sent out the list serve send it back the the netgames-uk server which replys that thatmsg was undelevarable... its a really bad loop, that feeds its-self...... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 9:36 PM Subject: Re: Server problems TO: EVERYONE
> > PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THE LIST! > > I hesitate to post this, but as things are going, doing so > may slow the flood. > > They will stop when Valve return to work in the morning and > delete the guy from the list. > > In the meantime, it's best NOT TO POST to the list. It's a > mail-storm loop. > > An inspection of the message headers reveals: > > --> The mailbox at [EMAIL PROTECTED] is full, so > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bounces an error back to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A mistake. But Valve aren't > supplying the X-listname: field, which would tell the > netgames-uk server not to.) > > --> [EMAIL PROTECTED] is bouncing those to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Valve's mistake) or netgames-uk > is not bouncing to the address in Errors-to: (netgames' > mistake) > > --> now [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets TWO messages > > --> which bounce (Another Valve mistake. A list-server > should detect duplicates.) > > --> and become FOUR messages > > --> 8, 16, 32, 64 .... ad infinitum until the > [EMAIL PROTECTED] address is removed from the list. > Technically, Valve should also blackhole *@netgames-uk.com, > since allowing an RFC2142 address (postmaster) is a > violation of RFC821. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wrath_of_Ace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 8:04 PM > Subject: Re: Server problems > > > > > > When will the non-delieverable messages gonna stop. > > > > Dan > > >
