Admin message: unsubscribed users

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Whenever I think that the list is down or I have been 
unsubbed, I will send a subscribe message to the list
server.  If I have become unsubscribed, which has
happened when my ISP has problems, the sub message puts
me back and tells me.  If I was already subbed, it still
sends a message telling me that.  If the list is down,
I'll know that too because no message comes back.
Sometimes the list is just quiet for a couple of days.
If I'm worried about it, I just send the sub message and
I get a "you're already subbed" response.  These list servers
are manned by very kind and generous volunteers, so I
don't expect the service level of something I pay for.

JMO.


jbv <jbv.silences at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>Rick,
>
>> Um, if your mail box doesn't work, and you get unsubscribed
>> you don't get a notice either :-)
>>
>> Here's the bounce message for your mailbox:
>>
>>    550 jbv.silences at wanadoo.fr... User unknown
>
>Agreed, but I kept receiving 30 to 50 emails a day, including
>posts from other lists.
>Furthermore, as the list was down a couple of weeks ago, it
>was hard to know if I had been unsub or if it was down again...
>
>I don't know if that's possible, but it could be a good idea,
>when a message bounces, to give it another try...
>For instance, AFAIK, when one of my messages is
>undeliverable, I get notified and the mail server keeps
>trying for the next 72 hrs...
>
>
>OK guys. Discussion is over. Enough wasted bdwth.
>
>jbv
>
>
>
>

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