High volume list... Waiting six months to bounce someone.
50 x 30 x 6 = 1,800 That is a lot of bounce messages to get back for one
person. And netzero is popular (hence just banning the address becomes a
problem). So, you have say 30 people with netzero address and the server
majorly hiccups one week or month (not uncommon for netzero from what I've
heard) and decides to quit accepting mail. 30 x 50 = 1,500. You're getting
1,500 bounce messages a day just from netzero people. And if those people
are bouncing for more permanent reasons, there's no way to stop it short of
the six months. Removing them because of the bounces only assures that the
accounts bounce messages will quit hitting you in 6 months.
How many bounce messages is it common to receive a day?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuq Von Rospach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rich Kulawiec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Netzero.Net Cause Mail Problems]
> It's true. It's not all that new, BYU's done that forever.
>
> he's considers it abuse for what reason? I find it irritating, but
> who says how long is too long to hold mail for delivery? three days?
> A week? a month? six?
>
> bounces are bounces... (shrug)
>
>
> At 6:39 PM -0500 10/30/00, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> >Spotted this on Usenet -- haven't seen this myself yet, but I've only
> >got a handful of netzero.net folks on my lists, all of whom (I believe)
> >are actively reading their mail.
>
>
>
> > > Netzero has apparently implimented a brilliant policy of
> >bouncing e-mail
> > > that sits in a netzero mailbox for more than six months.
>
> --
> Chuq Von Rospach - Plaidworks Consulting (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
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> Be just, and fear not.
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