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Date:      Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:11:13 -0500
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Anders Nordby <anders@fix.no>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tools to wash email-lists for bouncing addresses
Message-ID:  <4B078DEB-664F-11D9-97FA-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050114131102.GA95157@totem.fix.no>
References:  <20050114131102.GA95157@totem.fix.no>

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On Jan 14, 2005, at 8:11 AM, Anders Nordby wrote:
> I have some mail lists with a lot of bouncing addresses that has been
> ignored for too long. How can I automatically wash them? I'd like to
> have a list of addresses to remove based on bounced mails, and that 
> have
> been bouncing for a certain period or number of times. Preferably
> without sending probes, but if I have to I might consider that too. 
> What
> are you guys doing to handle such issues? Is there any tools you would
> recommend?

Use Mailman for your mailing list software; Mailman is smart enough to 
understand bounces from list traffic and disable or remove old 
addresses.  The FreeBSD lists are using Mailman now...

-- 
-Chuck



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