actually I DO think this user exists and this is not a bounce due to him not existing - and he uses this email program that only emails from verified users go into his mailbox - see this which was appended: >--------- >Hello, this is the qconfirm mail-handling program. One or more messages >from you are being held because your address was not recognized. > >To release your pending message(s) for delivery, please reply to this >request. Your reply will not be read, so an empty message is fine. > >If you do not reply to this request, your message(s) will eventually be >returned to you, and will never be delivered to the envelope recipient. > >This confirmation verifies that your message(s) are legitimate and not >junk-mail. > >Regards, the qconfirm program, http://smarden.org/qconfirm/ >--------- > per this, qconfirm will return email messages to me because I do not confirm to him, richard k., that I truly have sent this email. there was recently a thread about this on this PM list and I had STRONGLY advised against using it, and sure enough, he uses it and now it bounces all over the place because I do not confirm to him. and I DEFINITELY WILL NOT confirm to him, as HE could be just collecting valid addresses, what do I know. it's just not my duty to confirm to anybody from a list whom I do not know personally. and yes, it bounces back to me because I am the 'from' - but PM is not the only list that handles it like this, it is not PMs fault, it is the senders fault, using such software on a list.
---marlyse ------------------------original message(s) follows------------------------ >On 06 8 2003 at 6:33 pm -0400, Marlyse Comte wrote: > >>do we have a >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>on this list? >> >>i assume so. > >No we don't, and that's precisely the problem. No such user exists, and >because CTM's list server is misconfigured, the bounces are coming >directly to us (as posters to the list) instead of back to CTM's list >server (where either an admin would notice and fix it, or if they were >running better software, would automatically deal with the problem). > >You'll notice that anything we post to the list comes back to us (and to >list members) with Return-Path: <your-email-address>. The return path >should really be the list admin, or an automated attendant. > >I use Mailman (www.list.org) for running lists on my server, which >handles bounce management automatically. For example, if I post to >[EMAIL PROTECTED], the message will be distributed with Return- >Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-ben > >-- >Ben Kennedy, chief magician >zygoat creative technical services >613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 >http://www.zygoat.ca > > > >
