Re: "probe failed" (was: Re: Unhelpful Bounce Of The Week)

[Dave Sill]

"Ronald F. Guilmette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Why does it make any sense to send yet another message to an address that
>you already know and believe is dead?

Because you don't know it's dead--you just know it's bouncing. I've
seen several cases where bounced messages were *also* successfully
delivered. If you don't send the user a message saying "Hey, your mail 
is bouncing", they may never realize it.

-Dave