Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 08:59:57 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: People getting automatically unsub'ed from -arch Message-ID: <38035AFD.2C647063@gorean.org> References: <199910111653.JAA57276@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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"Rodney W. Grimes" wrote:
>
> > >
> > > "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.
Having been in a situation similar to Jonathan's (managing a large
site, many lists, thousands of users) I can only say that it's hard to
appreciate the difficulty of the task without experiencing it. I think
he does a fine job, extending people more patience than I used to. :)
Doug
--
"Stop it, I'm gettin' misty."
- Mel Gibson as Porter, "Payback"
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