Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 09:53:13 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: jmb@hub.freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: People getting automatically unsub'ed from -arch Message-ID: <199910111653.JAA57276@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <19991011124621.A3A0114BEB@hub.freebsd.org> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at "Oct 11, 1999 05:46:21 am"
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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.
Perhaps these threshholds could use some minor adjustments, or perhaps
my interpretation of the above policy is not quite what really happens.
a) I don't think message count should be considered at all, as the this
is highly dependent on the list one is on, and the current rate of
messages going to it. As Nate pointed out 30 messages could be as
short as 5 minutes on -hackers. And in my hay day of being on all
lists it would have defanitly been in the 5 minute range almost any
time of the day.
b) The 24 hour time period is a bit on the short time, unless the messages
are bouncing for being in the queue for at least 48 hours. Many mail
configuration screw ups happen on a friday night, and may not get
noticed until monday morning. Thus a 72 hour window is more reasonable
for that type of mail problem.
>
> i do NOT send the person mail to inform them that the are
> being removed from the mailing lists, because their email is bouncing.
:-). Though I understand your reasoning, it really depends on for what
reason they are bouncing. If it is queue time outs sending a message
may just get to them, if they happen to get it fixed before the notice
gets timed out and bounced. Infact that would be a really good threshold
for removal due to mail bouncing due to queue timeout. In the case of
immediate bounce due to mis configuration your current policy is probably
the best policy.
--
Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net
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