From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 17:11:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDB2916A4CE for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:11:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B024943D5D for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:11:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id j0EHBF97002725; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:11:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.245] (nfw1.codefab.com [199.103.21.225]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j0EHBEac005411; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:11:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20050114131102.GA95157@totem.fix.no> References: <20050114131102.GA95157@totem.fix.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <4B078DEB-664F-11D9-97FA-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:11:13 -0500 To: Anders Nordby X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tools to wash email-lists for bouncing addresses X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:11:19 -0000 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