On 11-Mar-2011, at 04:57, Charles Dyer wrote: > > The people who run the list not only don't care if it's a problem to reply to > it, they don't care about policing the list to remove dead connections. Every > time I send mail to the list I get a bounce message from TeacnNet re someone > who apparently had an account there but doesn't anymore… and who was a list > member.
The trouble is the bounce from that shithole doesn't say who the subscriber is. Scott checked last year (or the year before?) and could not find who was causing the bounce, and the shithole server ignores all the lsit headers about bounces and errors (It's a "FirstClass" server, which was a steaming pile of crap back in the 90's and evidently is still a steaming pile of crap. I tried to complain directly to the people at utexas.edu and never got a reply. If you would like to try, here is their Whois information: Registrant: University of Texas at Austin ITS Telecommunications and Networking PO Box 7580 Austin, TX 78713-7580 UNITED STATES Administrative Contact: William C. Green Director - Networking and Telecommunications The University of Texas at Austin ITS - Networking and Telecommunications 1 University Station Stop C3800 Austin, TX 78713-7580 UNITED STATES (512) 471-6387 [email protected] Technical Contact: Technical Contact The University of Texas at Austin ITS - Networking and Telecommunications 1 University Station Stop C3800 Austin, TX 78713-7580 UNITED STATES (512) 471-6387 [email protected] -- "If you can't do something smart, do something right." _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
