On 21 Jun 1999, Audrey & Kevin Tisserand wrote:
> 'discombobulate' - that must be the technical term, right? Does this
> explain why my list was set to allowremail="true"?
Yep. I used the Magic Universal Password and did that to everyone.
> More importantly, does this mean that remailers and things like hotmail are
> no longer a problem, or does the new software simply stop those subscribers
> in another way? I just want to know because I've got some text about it on
> my web site that I should change if remailers are no longer a problem.
They're still sort of a problem, in that they're likely to bounce for no
good reason frequently. However, the new software will generally snag the
bounces and automatically unsub people, so it's much less of a big deal.
What will happen (has happened, in fact) is that the software will notice
the bounce, figure out who it is, and push them to "Bouncing" status.
That night, a message will go out notifying them that they've been
suspended, and telling them how to fix it. If they're still suspended a
week later, they'll get another message. A month later, another message.
If they're still bouncing after a month, chances are it's a permanent
error.
Oh, and it will put a note in the status report as to who is on Bouncing
status.
I figure I'll still put something in the welcome file remarking that
remailers are notoriously unreliable, and that if they don't get listmail
or they get randomly unsubscribed, the problem is *not* at the Phoenyx
end. But in the meantime, it means an end to the majority of the
listowner traffic in bounce messages, which has always been our major
gripe about it.
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Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net
The Dog Ate My Sketchbook: http://silver.phoenyx.net/
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