From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 3 12:00:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B345337B422 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 12:00:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.qcislands.net (mail.qcislands.net [209.53.238.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB0EE43F3F for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 12:00:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paz@qcislands.net) Received: from [209.53.238.15] (helo=qcislands.net) by mail.qcislands.net with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19jO5x-000Acx-FC for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2003 12:00:41 -0700 Message-ID: <3F2D5BD9.8030105@qcislands.net> Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 12:00:41 -0700 From: Jim Pazarena User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <00cd01c359df$ed6c1b50$15b55042@vizion2000.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-local_scan: locally submitted (15) Subject: Re: Something is wrong here X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 19:00:42 -0000 The same thing happens to me occasionally. My diagnosis is this: * my MTA (exim) is set to reject junk mail. * freebsd list gets spammed with junk mail reasonably frequently * my MTA refuses the junk from the list * FreeBSD mailing system cuts me off because I have rejected the junk/spam which it is propogating. --- the list needs to be closed? Or at least it needs to have it's OWN junk mail filter.. my 2 cents vizion communication wrote: >HI > >I have previously emailed >freebsd-questions-owner@freebsd.org over problems with >regard to what gets classified as "excessive bounces". As a >result of which I repeatedly get removed from the list. On >each occasion I receive an email that tells me I have been >temoved due to excessive bounces. That email quotes a >confirm reference which does not work. I have to log in to >my account and change the preferences in order to continue >to receive the list postings. > >This always seems to happen during a period of time when: >(a) I have made no postings to the list (so that rules out >anything posted by me having bounced!") >(b) I have received multiple emails from many other sources >and there are no records of bounces from other lists >(including multiple freebsd lists!) >(c) The emails to me from >freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org are reaching me. > >So what is happening??? Perhaps the settings for the mail >server do not deal gracefully with advice that mail is >temporarily undeliverable for some reason or what -- anyway >it is happening too often. > >As I cannot seem to get an empathetic reply free >freebsd-questions-owner@freebsd.org I am posting this query >to the list -- I would like to know if anyone else is having >similar problems. >David > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > >