Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 13:52:58 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net>, staylor@mrynet.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd@mrynet.com Subject: Re: Dropped from ALL freebsd lists?!? Message-ID: <19971226135258.52813@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971225185221.18544B-100000@current1.whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Thu, Dec 25, 1997 at 07:00:11PM -0800 References: <199712260237.SAA15647@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.3.95.971225185221.18544B-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Thu, Dec 25, 1997 at 07:00:11PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > 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? Good summary. > 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.. Good idea. jmb, what do you think? Greg
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