Perhaps it would be possible to change the failure message or an autoresponder. Surely, we can do something "Sorry, no mailbox here by that name". Ideally, it should forward the message AND send a warning back to the poster but that might be asking for a bit much.....
This type of solution (error but giving new address OR forward with wanring sent back to poster) should ideally be left in place for a farily long period of time.... Month or more??? > -----Original Message----- > From: Henning Schmiedehausen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Jason van Zyl > Subject: [Fwd: failure notice] > > > I consider removing the old mailing list addresses right > after moving a really bad idea. It should've been possible to > keep the old addresses around for a few days to allow people > a smooth transition. > > This is unneccessary and rude. IMHO. > > Jason, people are actually using these addresses without > checking all the mailing list articles all the time. You > might want to consider thinking about things like this when > moving and changing things. Backward compatibility is good. > > Regards > Henning > > -- > Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen > INTERMETA > GmbH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 > http://www.intermeta.de/ > > Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services -- > hero for hire > freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- RHSCLG > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
