Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 19:00:11 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freebsd.org> Cc: Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net>, staylor@mrynet.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd@mrynet.com Subject: Re: Dropped from ALL freebsd lists?!? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971225185221.18544B-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199712260237.SAA15647@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 25 Dec 1997, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > Evan Champion wrote: > > > > to be unsubscribed for one bad day -- without any notice that you were > > unsubscribed, I might add -- seems a bit much. I mean, bounce for 3 days, > > and definitely boot the person, but for one day I don't see the reason for > > it. > > i am sorry that you lost mail, but my responsibilility is to > all the subscribers and our mail-relays. no point in > sending mail that i have reason to believe will bounce. > it just slows mail delivery for everyone else. Evan there is a definite difference between a crashed mail server (in which case the mail will wait quietly somewhere for delivery) and a server that spams the list with 3 dozen annoying messages. remember also that it may have been a 15 minute stuffup on your part but the slow and tortuous delivery of mail to some parts of the world mean that people were getting these messages over a period of hours. it's possible that jmb was a bit quick, but that's the luck of the draw and really it's a judgement call by him. We have to support him on this, becasue can you imagine how the list would look if he didn't do it? it might be a good idea if there was amailing list for peple removed, that sent 1 message per day for 2 weeks or so, saying that they were removed.. >
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