Majordomo Server Issues (?) (was: RE: strange - CD-R)

[List, Christopher]

I've never had any problems with messages getting bounced back from
non-existent list members or delayed/lost postings. I don't know why
some people do and others don't.

It could be the way that majordomo scrubs the poster's email address
before re-mailing. Perhaps the format of the poster's email address is
such that, in some cases, mail sent from the list to invalid list
members (person joined the list then lost or cancelled their account)
gets bounced back to majordomo, while in other cases it gets bounced
back to the poster.

FWIW, the MFC list (Visual C++ programmers list that runs on Listserve)
has a function where it monthly sends a test message to every list
member - any that get bounced back from a postmaster (which must be
separated from out-of-office auto-replies from Outlook and such) causes
the listmember to be removed from the list. I'm surprised majorodomo
doesn't offer such a feature. It would be good to have such a monthly
posting, with a reminder of how to unsubscribe, as that question seems
to get asked even more frequently than 303 questions :)

- CList



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Arthur Harrison [SMTP:theremin1 at worldnet.att.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 12, 1998 12:57 PM
> To:	Synth DIY
> Subject:	Re: strange - CD-R
> 
> Haible wrote:
> 
> >I have sent out the collected messages about CD recorder
> recommendations
> >to the lists, as promised, but I didn't see it appear, neither on diy
> nor
> >analogue.
> >Has anybody got it ?
> 
> --------
> 
> Hmm, seems par for this list.
> 
> What I'd like to know is:
> 
> Are problems like "returned mail," duplicate messages, lost messages,
> etc., very common on list servers?  I only subscribe to this one and a
> theremin users group, so I really don't have a basis for comparison.
> 
> The theremin list, BTW, is flawless, and has a "digest" mode, which is
> very
> convenient.)
> 
> Sorry for the off-topic.  Anyone with insights on these list problems,
> feel free to send me a personal message.
> 
> Art
> theremin1 at worldnet.att.net
> 
> 
>