By the way, the following has happened to me with a Yahoo bounce-back. If my email box is full, and therefore a returned "unsuccessful" message is sent to Yahoo, you end up on the "hard bounce" list and don't receive any more emails until it is cleared up.
Regards, N. On 29/1/03 2:58 PM, "Shay Telfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all >> >> Has WAMUG been quiet of late or are their problems again. I have >> spoken to two people now who are not getting any of the WAMUG emails >> or are posting and getting things bounced. >> >> I have checked mine with the yahoo website, and I did miss a day of >> email's, but now everything seems to be fine again. (i.e I have the >> correct number of emails matched to the WAMUG archives on yahoo) >> >> Is this just happening to a few people, or is this something with yahoo??? > > Yahoogroups has the occasional mail problem (it does handle a lot of > mail). Combined with problems caused by the Microsoft SQL worm over > the weekend it's likely that messages may have been delayed. > > I'm not sure what's causing the bouncing though. Frequently > subscribers have misconfigured their e-mail so that their return > address contains their mail server's name, ie > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" rather than the desired reply-to address > ie "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", which can cause bouncing. > > Have fun, > Shay -- Nathalie Collins Phone/Fax: (08) 9796 0509 Mobile: 043 989 1997 Post Office Box A176 Australind WA 6233
