On 03:39 PM 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.
>
>---Rsk
>
>----- Forwarded message from Robert Dinse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
>
>> From: Robert Dinse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 05:46:07 -0700
>> Subject: Netzero.Net Cause Mail Problems
>> Newsgroups: lobby,announcements,news.admin.net-abuse.email
>>
>>
>> Netzero has apparently implimented a brilliant policy of bouncing
e-mail
>> that sits in a netzero mailbox for more than six months.
An anonymous source tells me:
<quote>
We aren't allowed to delete the userid's that are inactive > 6 months, and
the backend storage is near capacity. We are clearing space to make room
for the FreeI users we are getting. The only way we can do it under the
current Terms of Service is to bounce back. The Terms of Service are being
updated to allows us to wipe email > 6 months old.
</quote>
So this is apparently a temporary problem that will be resolved shortly as
they get additional storage capacity, and resolved permanently when they
rewrite the TOS giving them better capability to wipe stale email or bounce
email when the customer has reached a given storage capacity.
jc
