Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 05:46:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> To: current@freebsd.org Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: People getting automatically unsub'ed from -arch Message-ID: <19991011124621.A3A0114BEB@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199910110107.SAA22856@kithrup.com> (message from Sean Eric Fagan on Sun, 10 Oct 1999 18:07:31 -0700 (PDT))
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> > "Accidental" removals from the lists are so common that I give up. I no > longer even try to get back on them -- it's been happening for _years_ now, > and I have made multiple complaints about it, and if it's not a problem for > whoever runs the mailing lists, then I just don't care that much. only one comment. i remove people from the lists whenever their email bounces. the threshhold is approximately 30 messages in a 24 hour period. mail may bounce due to DNS problems, mail box full, MTA misconfiguration. i also remove people that send vacation messages to the list. oh, and spammers. i do NOT send the person mail to inform them that the are being removed from the mailing lists, because their email is bouncing. > > I have a hard enough time remembering which lists I subscribed to that I do > get traffic on to check every day to see which ones have removed me without > informing me. several people with recurring email delivery problems have written a script to monitor their subscriptions for them. jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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